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Volunteer Doctors Promote Friendly International Relations
국제교류부 | 2011-10-27 | 조회 3640
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The CBNU Medical School Overseas Volunteer Team, which travels around the world every year to provide urgent medical treatment to underprivileged communities, is playing a big role in promoting friendly international relations between Korea and Sri Lanka.
Led by Prof. Chan Woong Joo (Department of Pediatrics), Prof. Min Ho Kim (Department of Cardiothoracic surgery), and Prof. Young Min Han (Department of Medical Imaging/Radiology), the CBNU Medical School Overseas Volunteer Team travelled to the Matara region in Sri Lanka from September 25th to October 2nd to provide medical relief in the area still recovering from the 2006 tsunamis.
The volunteer team travelled to the area to train local medical professionals with installing and using Korean government sponsored medical equipment in preparation for the upcoming opening of the Korea-Sri Lanka Friendship Hospital. Fully funded by the Korean government, this Korea-Sri Lanka Friendship Hospital was founded to provide natural disaster relief in the impoverished areas of Matara.
Additional Secretary of the Sri Lanka Ministry of Health, Dr. Paltha Mahipala, paid a visit to Prof. Joo and the rest of the volunteer team to personally thank them and asked for their continued support, especially with the impending inauguration of the Korea-Sri Lanka Friendship hospital.
Our volunteer team’s efforts and the upcoming plans to open the Korea-Sri Lanka Friendship Hospital was televised nationally in Sri Lanka, giving locals a chance to appreciate Korea’s philanthropic endeavors.
Prof Joo said, “We came back from tsunami-struck regions in Sri Lanka and helped the local medical professionals install and familiarize themselves with some of the latest medical equipment the Korean government has generously donated. Next January we plan on going to the mountain regions of Sri Lanka to, once again, help impoverished communities that need our aid.“
Since 1997, the CBNU Medical School Overseas Volunteer Team has gone to Bangladesh, Nepal, Russia and many other countries. In April 2011, the team was nationally recognized as proud recipients of the Boryeong Medical Volunteer Award.
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