STORY: Traditional Chinese medicine captivates Cambodian medical practitioners
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 11, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:41
LOCATION: Phnom Penh
CATEGORY: HEALTH

SHOTLIST:
1. various of acupuncture treatment by Chinese doctor
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): YON SARAT, Nurse at private-owned Polyclinic Hong En in Phnom Penh
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YUAN GENG, Head of Chinese medical aid team

STORYLINE:

A training seminar on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) opened on Monday in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, presenting TCM treatment techniques for Cambodian medical practitioners.

Cambodian medical practitioner Yon Sarat said the training seminar would give him a better insight into the use of TCM in disease diagnosis and treatment.
   
SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): YON SARAT, Nurse at private-owned Polyclinic Hong En in Phnom Penh
"This training course will help me gain a deeper insight into TCM, so I can provide treatment to patients in Cambodia more effectively. It will help me have better knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, remedial massage and acupuncture. After this course, I will be able to use these TCM techniques to treat patients with bone problems, sore throat, and low back pain more effectively. I'm pleased to join this training course because I love this skill."

Sarat is one of more than 30 local medical practitioners and TCM enthusiasts taking part in the first Lancang-Mekong training seminar on appropriate TCM technology, which is being introduced by the eight-member Chinese medical aid team of TCM for Cambodia.
   
The training seminar, running from Monday to Thursday, would include theoretical teaching in the morning and practical exercises in the afternoon, enabling participants to master TCM appropriate technology and apply it to daily health maintenance, disease prevention and treatment.

Yuan Geng, head of the Chinese medical aid team, said the training seminar aimed at promoting TCM development as well as cultural and technical exchanges in the Lancang-Mekong region.

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YUAN GENG, Head of Chinese medical aid team
"TCM contains wisdom in long history, and it has been known by more and more people worldwide, thanks to its unique advantages in human health maintenance and treatment. TCM is a great treasure, and as a Chinese, I feel very proud of traditional Chinese medicine. We hope to promote TCM globally, allowing more people to understand its benefits. I'm confident in this training program because our doctors have rich clinical experience. They apply TCM medicine theories and techniques to their daily lives and work. The participants also have great enthusiasm for learning. They come to the training class to learn TCM theory and practical operations from professional Chinese doctors. I believe they will gain a lot from the courses."
   
China has dispatched its TCM medical aid team to help Cambodia fight COVID-19 pandemic at the Cambodia-China Friendship Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh since March 2022.
   
So far, the TCM medical aid teams have provided free medical checkup and treatment to thousands of patients, and organized short-term training courses for hundreds of local medical practitioners.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Phnom Penh.
(XHTV)