Walter Chanaka managing director China Zimbabwe Exchange Centre has hailed the Hunan Business Association of Zimbabwe and the Chinese Medical Team in Zimbabwe for donating food hampers to 250 families from various parts of Harare who are living with differently abled children.
Chanaka said the kind gesture by the association helped to inform people that the Chinese Medical Team in Zimbabwe is offering free medical services at the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare.
Speaking on the sidelines of the food hamper distribution event at the Adelaide Acres in Harare, Tan Jian Long, captain of the China Medical Team said the team this year provided acupuncture services to patients from urban and rural communities.
“We also managed to offer acupuncture and moxibustion services to close to 7 000 people. In addition to that we are co-ordinating online lessons for Zimbabwean doctors and nurses on Chinese herbal medicine treatment including acupuncture and moxibustion services,” the captain said.
“As we celebrate 40 years of medical intervention in Zimbabwe, the Chinese Medical Team in Zimbabwe seeks to expand its services to the hard-to-reach areas and help out the general population in Zimbabwe. It is our priority to have people improve their health as well as getting quick access to clinics and hospitals.”
Acupuncturist Hu Sha said their team had over 30 to 60 patients visiting them at the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare for diagnosis and treatment on digestive orders, cerebral pulse, sensitivity dysfunctions and several other health disorders. During the food hamper distribution event several children with extreme physical disabilities and mental health challenges were lying on acupunctural mattresses which offer therapeutic solutions to harmed body parts.
“...there are plenty of children with cerebral pulses who we can help to improve on movement and speech through our traditional herbal medicine treatments. We have carried basic medical check-ups on children living with disabilities and we will continue helping them out at the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare,” Hu said.
Zhuolin Song, chairperson of the Hunan Province Business Association of Zimbabwe, expressed gratitude for the support rendered by the China Zimbabwe Exchange Centre, members of the Hunan Business Association of Zimbabwe and the Chinese Medical Team in Zimbabwe who made the event a success.
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“All went according to plan and we are looking forward to doing the same in the near future. The Hunan Business Association of Zimbabwe will use this event as a point of reference for information that will convince our head office in China of the good work we are doing in Zimbabwe,” Zhuolin said.
Beneficiaries, including Theresa Makwara chairperson of Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association, expressed gratitude for the donations. Makwara said her organisation would soon be rebranding to Zimbabwe Association of Parents of Children Living with Disabilities in order to suit inclusivity demands as well as purging the stigma that is traditionally associated with being differently abled.
“We wish to appeal to the China Zimbabwe Exchange Centre, members of the Hunan Province Business Association of Zimbabwe and the Chinese Medical Team in Zimbabwe to look closer into the lives of differently abled persons and avail things like stretchers, wheelchairs, toys and resourcing special education teachers with adequate knowledge and technical capacitation,” Makwara said.
