China hands over new Anse Royale hospital. Chinese ambassador Wang Weiguo yesterday said our health care system is so good that it is the envy of many countries.
He made the remarks as he handed over the 50-bed, R40 million Anse Royale hospital to the Ministry of Health in a ceremony held at its Seychelles Hospital headquarters.
Health Minister Dr Erna Athanasius signed the handover documents on behalf of Seychelles in the presence of senior embassy and ministry officials including principal secretary Dr Bernard Valentin.
Also there were people from the company that built the hospital, the Qingjian Group of Qingdao, which also helped put the Seychelles Bureau of Standards complex, the Baie Lazare and Au Cap primary schools as well as a number of government and private housing projects.
Mr Wang said everybody hopes for a long and healthy life without having to go to hospital but added sometimes we are all forced to seek medical attention.
“In every country the health care is the main concern of people and we in China have achieved the goal of establishing a medical system to care for everyone,” he said.
He said in pursuit of delivering the best possible health care to the people, the government of China agreed to build the Anse Royale hospital in its sincere support for Seychelles’ efforts.
Although China is developing fast and is “a bit stronger than before”, it’s policy is not to be a single world power, he said.
“Our foreign policy is to promote common development and build a harmonised world.
“China will continue to stand with the people of Seychelles. We will continue to support each other. This is my promise and also the promise of my government.”
Dr Athanasius noted work to build the hospital started in June 2009 and steps to move into the new facility will now start and be completed in a few weeks for it to be ready for the official opening.
She thanked the People’s Republic of China for “being an ardent supporter of the government of Seychelles in the health and other sectors”.
She said Seychelles has got technical assistance from China over the past 35 years.
“We now have 11 Chinese doctors and two nurses working with us,” she said, adding some of them give traditional Chinese medicine.
She said the new hospital represents a strong bond between the two countries.
The new regional hospital can take 20 male, 20 female and 10 child inpatients at any one time and will offer a 24-hour service.
It also has a rehabilitation and physiotherapy room, which will offer acupuncture treatment among its services.
It also has a labour room, an accident and emergency unit with a special treatment room and its own reception as well as an operating theatre and X-ray facilities.
Source: Seychelles Nation
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