CHENGDU - An international emergency medical team consisting of medical professionals from southwest China's Sichuan province has been verified by the World Health Organization (WHO), a local hospital said Tuesday.Capable of providing advanced medical services, it is the first Chinese medical team to be verified as Type 3, the highest level in WHO's emergency medical teams initiative, according to West China Hospital under Sichuan University.China International Emergency Medical Team (Sichuan) consists of 166 personnel including 41 doctors and 65 nurses. It is able to treat 200 outpatients and perform 15 major surgical procedures and 30 minor surgical procedures per day.The team is a partnership between several hospitals in Sichuan and local centers for disease control and prevention.The WHO initiative helps countries affected by disasters or outbreaks and emergencies to identify teams that are appropriately trained and equipped when they seek international medical assistance. 24 hour wristbandspersonalised wristbandstrio spinners
Shi Yigong, the Future Science Prize laureate in life science. [Photo/VCG] The awarding ceremony of the second edition of the Future Science Prize, hailed as the Nobel Prize of China, was held in Beijing on Saturday. The Life Science Prize was awarded to Shi Yigong for his research on the structure of spliceosome, a substance which is crucial in gene expression. The Physical Science Prize was then awarded to Pan Jianwei. Pan was the lead scientist of world's first quantum satellite launched by China last year, which marked a step closer to the country's goal of building an unhackable global communications network. The Mathematics and Computer Science Prize was presented to Xu Chenyang for his contributions to birational algebraic geometry. Each of the laureates won $1 million. The Future Science Prize was initiated in 2016 by a group of entrepreneurs and scientists, with a view to honor outstanding scientists who research on basic science and its application. The founding of the awards is aimed at encouraging more young scientists to work out of their curiosity and be dedicated to fields which require long-term efforts, said Li Kai, a computer science professor from Princeton University and a member of the Future Science Prize Committee. Li added the research of the winners, which can be from any country, must be original, have global influence and long-term significance, and be completed in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan. Pan Jianwei, the Future Science Prize laureate in physical science. [Photo/VCG] Xu Chenyang, the Future Science Prize laureate in mathematics and computer science. [Photo/VCG]
