THREE DOCTORS FROM MBAL „UNI HOSPITAL“ VISITED CHINA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE

Three doctors from MBAL „Uni Hospital“ – Dr. Ventsislav Naydenov, head of the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Dr. Mihaela Milusheva and Dr. Tsonka Gushmakova, doctors in the Emergency Department, visited China in November with the aim scientific exchange and cooperation. The project was implemented jointly with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and included a presentation and introduction to traditional Chinese medicine to doctors and specialists from 12 countries around the world. Bulgaria participated with the three doctors from Uni Hospital, which is both the first participation of our country in such a project and the first participation of a country from the European Union. „We are extremely impressed by the organization of work, the professionalism and the scale of the various activities we saw,“ shared the three doctors and emphasized that the visit to China was a unique opportunity to study the combination of the experience of Chinese traditional medicine with the latest technological achievements in the world . The manager of the hospital, Dr. Yavor Drenski, warmly thanked the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Bulgaria and Mr. Krasimir Simeonov, a well-known Chinese scholar and investor, for their assistance in making the visit possible and stressed that this is the beginning of a long-term cooperation project between a Bulgarian hospital and The People’s Republic of China, in order to improve the quality of patient treatment.

The almost one-month training of doctors from „Uni Hospital“ was held in the capital Beijing with the participation of doctors and professors from the university’s Xiyuan Hospital, which is part of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. The training included an introduction to the basics of Chinese traditional medicine, ancient Chinese culture and treatment methods, modern techniques and devices used today in the holistic treatment of diseases. Part of the demonstrated methods are acupuncture, acupressure, massage techniques, herbal medicine, electro acupuncture with special acupuncture needles with an insulated stem and others. In the coming months, active work continues on the structuring of the Center for Chinese Traditional Medicine, for which a Memorandum of Cooperation has already been signed between the University of Chinese Traditional Medicine in Jiangxi, China and MBAL Uni Hospital, explained Dr. Drenski.