KOICA helps indigenous medicine improvement

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Indigenous Medicine Ministry jointly conducted an oriental medicine mobile clinic at Kappalthurai District Ayurvedic Hospital, Trincomalee from May 9 to 11.

This was as part of the World Friends Advisors (WFA) programme under KOICA's technical cooperation programme to Sri Lanka.

Korean oriental medicine doctor Han Gyu-eon has been working for the Korean Clinic at the National Ayurvedic Teaching Hospital, Colombo since he came here last November.

His mission is to treat Sri Lankan patients and teach the Korean Acupuncture Technology to students under KOICA's WFA programme.

Many Sri Lankan patients suffer from chronic diseases, knee joint and back pain, respiratory diseases etc. Dr Han established the acupuncture treatment facilities to cure them.

The mobile clinic was established to provide better oriental medicine treatment service to residents in remote areas from Dr Han's experiences and knowledge gained during studies and practices in oriental medicine in Korea and ayurvedic doctors in Sri Lanka also participated in the mobile clinic.

At the two-day mobile clinic, DR Han and 13 Sri Lankan Ayurvedic doctors, who completed the acupuncture course jointly treated 1,074 patients and held the 'Now and Future, Indigenous Medicine in Sri Lanka'.