Training Program 2019 for Sri Lankan Medical Practitioners in Nephrology held in Beijing
Posted on December 16th, 2019
Press Release of the Embassy of China
Ten Sri Lankan medical practitioners including three doctors and seven
nurses from the Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) affected areas
finished a 2-month training program at Peking University First Hospital (PUFH)
in Beijing. The commencement ceremony of the Training Program was held on Dec.
12, 2019. For two months, the trainees got full time training in the
hemodialysis center, the nephrology ward and the peritoneal dialysis center of
the PUFH, one of the best hospitals in China.
As a training program lasting for the third consecutive year, the training
program was sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in an attempt to
help tackle the CKDu issue in Sri Lanka. The program has trained thirty medical
practitioners for Sri Lanka up to now.
Please find the following report
by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) “Training Program 2019 for Sri
Lankan Medical Practitioners in Nephrology held in Beijing”