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Chinese, S Korean nursing experts win Thailand's Princess Srinagarindra Award

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-12-13 08:07

Wu Xinjuan, left, director of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital nursing department, accepts a Princess Srinagarindra Award for her work during the 2003 SARS outbreak from Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in Bangkok, on Dec 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

BANGKOK - Thailand's Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on Monday presented Princess Srinagarindra Award for the year 2016 and 2017 respectively to a Chinese and a South Korean nursing expert at the Grand Palace.

Princess Sirindhorn said the leadership of the Chinese awardee, 58-year-old Wu Xinjuan and her dedication continuously improve the quality of nursing care in China, which is reflected in her outstanding work when the SARS outbroke in China in 2003, according to a pamphlet released to the media on Monday.

The princess also praised the South Korean awardee, 71-year-old Kim Euisook, for her success in the advancing nursing profession of South Korea to an international level and for her contribution to the improvement of health of mothers and children living in low socio-economic countries.

Both Wu and Kim are excellent models of nurses and midwives around the world to perform good deeds to benefit the health of humankind, the princess said.

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