A working group composed of 12 experts from the World Health
organization (WHO) and officials from the Chinese Ministry of
Health, Thursday visited Bayannur League (prefecture) in north
China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
In
Bayannur League, the experts visited the local epidemic prevention
station, a hospital at the league level and a SARS emergency
treatment center.
After inspecting the center, Dr. Yvonne de Main, one of the
experts, praised medical workers there for their outstanding
work.
Dr. Karin Giesecke, another expert with the group, showed much
interest in the measures taken by the hospital and made detailed
inquiries.
Dr. De Main also gave a lecture to local medical workers on SARS
prevention and control on Thursday evening.
The experts arrived in Inner Mongolia Tuesday for a 10-day visit to
inspect local SARS control and treatment work.
The WHO lifted last Friday travel warnings against Tianjin, Hebei,
Shanxi and Inner Mongolia.
(Xinhua News Agency June 20, 2003)
