Today we visited Fishmouth Hospital, located just outside the gargantuan metropolis of the Chong Qing region. Fun Fact: Fishmouth Hospital derives its name from its geographical surroundings. The two major rivers that define the perimeters of Chong Qing create the shape of a fish. Many of the healthcare professionals at the hospital had already been...
Dr. Gordon’s final lecture of CCC’s 2016 China trip was one for the books. Earlier today, she reached more physicians and healthcare professionals than she did in all of her other lectures in this trip combined. In the developing area of Chong Qing, thousands gathered for a gynecological academic conference at the Guiqiao Hotel. I...
Over the last two days, we have traveled between several cities to speak to various groups of Chinese doctors and hospital directors. It’s very important to the CCC team to take part in this educational conference series. We are introducing cryotherapy to China as a practical and effective treatment. We’ve noticed that the doctors working...
Kunming is called the city of eternal Spring. Some of the finest tea in the world grows in this region, and visitors come from all over the globe to taste it. Today it was CCC’s pleasure to participate in the 7th Annual China Maternal and Child Development Congress. Thousands of healthcare professionals gathered to learn...
I don’t often pause to reflect on how truly lucky I am. CureCervicalCancer has grown in just these few short years to reach 67 clinics in 7 countries. Today on our return visit to China, I was humbled to be reminded of the 45 doctors we’d previously trained about a year and a half ago....
Just around the corner on November 12th, Dr. Patricia Gordon and the CCC team will return to rural China to educate local healthcare professionals in a four-stop mission. This mission will train healthcare professionals in the art of the “See and Treat” method. This method will be implemented in hospitals all across China in order...
The CCC team spent the last three days of our program in Lianyungang, located 500km north of Shanghai on the eastern coast of China. At Guan Yun Xian Yang Hospital we had a wonderful meeting with Wu Jie, the only gynecologist at the hospital, who serves a population of over 70,000 people. Wu Jie had...
As I was sitting on a bench outside of the screening and treatment room at the Guan Yun Xian Yang Hospital, a curious little boy was smiling and pointing at me. He was shy and hid behind is father’s leg at first, but when I waved for him to come sit next to me his...
Authored by Jacquelyn Dang, Senior Coordinator Angel’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital Kunming City | May 10, 2015 The immensely warm welcome that the CureCervicalCancer Team received upon setting foot in this private hospital set the tone for the next few days. We were enthusiastically greeted by the hospital’s president, vice president, and head of Gynecology...
