Seventh Chinese medical team concludes mission in Burkina Faso

The team leader, Wu Wenbin, highlighted the harmonious cooperation that led to successful interventions. During their mission, the team performed approximately 100 complex surgical procedures, including cardiac surgeries, percutaneous cardiac interventions, minimally invasive thoracic surgeries, thoracic tumor resections, vascular interventions, and interventional tumor treatments. Lin Somda, Director General of the Tengandogo University Hospital Center, praised the team's work, noting nine open-heart cardiac surgeries, nine closed-heart cardiac surgeries, nine intercardiac communication closures, and about 80 coronarographies.

He also emphasized their contributions to other specialties like gastroenterology and the introduction of the PAN technique, an advanced minimally invasive cardiac surgery method now mastered by local teams. A team from Tengandogo University Hospital Center is currently in China for further training. Robert Jean Lucien Kargougou, Minister of Health, lauded the "exemplary" cooperation between Burkina Faso and China.

He advocated for extending medical missions from one to two years to strengthen collaboration and skill transfer. He also expressed a desire for a partnership between the Tengandogo University Hospital Center and a Chinese hospital specializing in the PAN technique, aiming to m