Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia to cooperate with Singapore in medical sector
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ During her working visit to Singapore, Deputy Health Minister L.Byambasuren met with Chee Hong Tat, Minister of State, Ministry of Communication and Information and Ministry of Health of Singapore and exchanged views on bilateral relations and cooperation.
The meeting was attended by T.Lkhagvadorj, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Singapore and other officials. At the beginning of the meeting, the Deputy Minister of Mongolia expressed her gratitude for the development of bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries in the medical industry to a certain level. The Deputy Minister also highlighted the successful implementation of a project carried-out with Nanyang Polytechnic University of Singapore from 2011 to 2013 with funding of the Temasek Holdings.
“Within the project, some 100 nurses and were involved in training in Singapore, which was the most beneficial training ever” she emphasized. She then expressed her confidence that mutual projects to be implemented reciprocally to prepare social health workers will contribute greatly to the development of health industry of Mongolia as the Ministry of Health of Mongolia announced 2017 as a year of promoting social health.
During the meeting, the sides discussed about the challenges faced by the medical sectors of the two countries, measures to be taken to overcome them, as well as achievements in this field.
Moreover, they highlighted the similarities and differences of the two countries, such as a geographical location, population, territory and climate conditions, which are enabling the two countries to collaborate and learn from each other.
The meeting concluded with Deputy Health Minister L.Byambasuren expressing a satisfaction with the support and collaboration of the Singaporean side on the implementation of projects aimed at strengthening the capacity of medical workers of Mongolia.
