Cuban Ambassador Raul Delgado Concepcion paid courtesy call on Mongolian Minister of Health A.Tsogtsetseg

Odonchimeg 2017-01-12 12:01

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mbassador Raul Delgado Concepcion said that the government of Cuba has been providing scholarships to prepare dentists and medical staff and has granted 2-3 Mongolian students every year since 1994.

Cuban Ambassador Raul Delgado Concepcion paid a courtesy call on Mongolian Minister of Health A.Tsogtsetseg. Ambassador Raul Delgado Concepcion said that the government of Cuba has been providing scholarships to prepare dentists and medical staff and has granted 2-3 Mongolian students every year since 1994. During that time, over 140 Mongolian students have participated in the Cuban government's program. For the time being, 19 Mongolian students are studying medical science in Cuba. Three specialists of the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center of Cuba will work in Mongolia in the first quarter of this year. The specialist will conduct a survey to issue a recommendation on which fields of treatments are in need of more assistance from Cuba, the Ambassador added. The Health Minister expressed her interest in cooperating in the fields of eye surgery, biotechnology and vaccine production, temporarily employing Cuban medical doctors and specialists in Mongolia and training Mongolian medical doctors in postgraduate and specialized schools to Cuba.