Chinese medics, who worked in Myanmar for the relief of cyclone victims, ended its two-week mission and left Yangon Saturday morning for home.
The 50-member medics from China, who arrived on May 18 to render direct medical aid to the country's cyclone victims, was the fourth foreign medical aid group rendering such direct medical aid to the country's storm victims after Thailand, India and Laos.
The Chinese team gave treatment to 4,000 storm victims in Dedaye in Ayeyawaddy delta, Kungyangon and Kawmu in Yangon division.
A day before its departure, the Chinese team donated four vehicles for medical use and other medical equipment as well as medicines to the Myanmar side Friday.
Deadly tropical cyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states -- Ayeyawaddy, Yangon, Bago, Mon and Kayin on May 2-3, of which Ayeyawaddy and Yangon inflicted the heaviest casualties and massive infrastructural damage.
The storm has killed 77,738 people and left 55,917 missing and 19,359 injured, according to official-released death toll.
(Xinhua News Agency May 31, 2008)
