STORY: Chinese-made medical materials help meet hospital needs in Afghanistan
DATELINE: July 1, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:32
LOCATION: Kabul
CATEGORY: HEALTH

SHOTLIST:
1. various of street view of Kabul city, Afghanistan
2. various of Chinese-made medical materials in Kabul, Afghanistan
3. SOUNDBITE (Dari): NASRALLAH NEYAZI, Chief executive officer of Afghan Surgical Corporation Company
4. various of Chinese-made medical materials in Kabul, Afghanistan
5. various of a Kabul-based Mercy Hospital, Afghanistan

STORYLINE:

Amid increasing demand for medical materials, many Afghan hospitals are thankful for having access to cheap and fine medical materials and equipment imported from China.
 
A number of Afghan businessmen have joined hands to establish a firm to import quality medical materials at reasonable prices from China.
   
SOUNDBITE (Dari): NASRALLAH NEYAZI, Chief executive officer of Afghan Surgical Corporation Company
"Surgical equipment and medical materials of better quality with low prices are from China. This is why we have chosen the Chinese companies.
We import all medical items, including different kinds of syringes, serum sets, examination gloves and surgical gloves, as well as about 10 to 15 items of medicine, such as ciprofloxacin serums, metronidazole serums, metoclopramide ampules and other ampules."
   
According to Neyazi, who is also a shareholder of the company, 90 to 95 percent of his company's medical items, both medical equipment and medicine, are imported from China, while in Afghanistan as a whole, 90 percent of medical items at the markets of the country are also made in China.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul.
(XHTV)