During the meeting on Wednesday, the Chinese envoy said the Chinese government will not only limit itself to building infrastructure and providing medical equipment; it will also give assistance in providing necessary training to operate these equipment.

They have also discussed the construction of a 1,000-bed modern hospital in Rangpur division with Chinese assistance, launching mobile hospital services for remote areas and supplying dialysis machines to kidney patients across the country.

Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant (Health ministry) Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman said, “There is a plan to install 1,200 dialysis machines in all the divisional hospitals and district headquarters hospitals of Bangladesh soon. This will reduce the long-term suffering of kidney patients to a great extent. The cooperation of the Chinese government can play a vital role in implementing this initiative.”

Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum said China is a long-standing friendly country of Bangladesh.