The government of the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan has bidden a ceremonial farewell to 65 health professionals whom the province is dispatching on missions to Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, the China News Service reports.
The news agency says the missions will do healthcare work in Cape Verde, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe.
The report says the healthcare workers on the missions to Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau left immediately after the ceremony, and that those going elsewhere will reach their respective destinations late this year or early next year.
The provincial government has sent 69 healthcare missions to Portuguese-speaking countries in the past 42 years, and the missions have treated nearly 6.76 million patients, the China News Service says.
