Chinese Economic Counsellor visits YGOPH and pledges support

On the afternoon of 11 October 2025, YGOPH welcomed Mr Xiao Guofeng, Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Cameroon. The visit ended with good news for our teams: a promise of material donations to support the mixed Sino-Cameroonian medical teams working at the hospital.

A tour of seven services

Mr Xiao was received by our General Manager, Dr Che Kingsley Soh, and our Administrative and Financial Director, Mr Robert Mofor. He then toured a wide range of services:

• Ophthalmology, where Chinese and Cameroonian eye specialists work together;
• the Emergency department, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week;
• the CT scan unit of our radiology department;
• Acupuncture and Chinese medicine, a hallmark of our cooperation with China;
• the Operating theatre, where Chinese surgeons and anaesthetists operate alongside our teams;
• Paediatric surgery, which cares for children from the newborn period onwards;
• the Intensive care unit, for our most critically ill patients.

Throughout the visit, he was able to see how the specialists of the Chinese medical team from Shanxi Province work hand in hand with our doctors, nurses and technicians.

The Chinese medical team at YGOPH

Since 1975, Shanxi Province has sent medical teams to Cameroon. Today YGOPH is their main base in Yaoundé, with a second site at Mbalmayo. By July 2025, 24 teams totalling 786 personnel had served in the country. The current team brings together specialists in orthopaedics, ophthalmology, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, and traditional Chinese medicine.

Since the reorganisation of the hospital in 2018, these doctors have been formally integrated into YGOPH’s staff. They take part in consultations, surgery and ward rounds, and share their skills with our teams, for example through the first training in traditional Chinese medicine ever held in Cameroon, organised at YGOPH in December 2021.

Exemplary cooperation

The visit highlighted the exemplary cooperation between China and Cameroon in the field of health. At the end of his tour, Mr Xiao pledged material donations to support the work of the mixed medical teams.

These donations will add to a long history of Chinese support for YGOPH:

• the construction and equipment of the hospital, inaugurated in 2002;
• a grant committed in 2007 to build accommodation for hospital staff;
• donations of medical equipment and supplies handed over to the hospital, including in 2018 and 2021;
• the continuous presence of Chinese medical teams, the 24th of which is currently serving in Cameroon.

Why equipment matters

Modern, reliable equipment is essential for a referral hospital. It allows our teams to:

1. diagnose problems earlier and more accurately;
2. operate more safely and care for more patients;
3. treat complex cases in Yaoundé, reducing the need for costly transfers or evacuations abroad;
4. train the next generation of Cameroonian specialists in good conditions.

Because Chinese and Cameroonian professionals work side by side, equipment provided for the mixed medical teams benefits patients across the services concerned. We will share news of the donations as soon as they are received and put into service.

Join those who support YGOPH

We warmly thank Mr Xiao Guofeng and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China for their continued support. Companies, foundations and individuals can also help us equip YGOPH: find out how to partner with us or make a donation. For appointments, call (+237) 670 607 278 or book online.

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