VAMED Healthcare China held a "VAMED Health Day" to celebrate Christmas and welcome the New Year. All the participants had a joyful day at the Wish restaurant and VAMED advocated the concept, "Health Naturally."

On the event, Dr Oskar Andesner, the Commercial Counsellor for China and Austrian Embassy Commercial Section, congratulated Sino-Austria after 40 years of diplomatic relations. China is Austria's second largest overseas market, one of our Top-suppliers worldwide and our most important trading partner in Asia. He expects that Sino-Austrian will deepen cooperation in the healthcare field.

Mr Mirsad Midzic, Managing Director of VAMED Health Care China, explained in his speech that a healthy lifestyle for our families and friends is the key focus for China. The Chinese government puts a great deal of importance on the wellbeing of its citizens. This year, contracts with hospitals and health bureaus in Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang and Hainan were signed. VAMED plans on contributing to the building and running of facilities such as, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, wellness centers and homes for the elderly.

VAMED donated 30000 yuan to "Care for Children", and Mr. Mirsad Midzic spoke on behalf of VAMED staff, stating that they wanted to do something good while advocating a healthy lifestyle. He mentioned that during this time we should, "love ourselves and love others."

Professor Zhao Mei, psychologist and professional doctor of the Beijing Tongren hospital, also offered consultancy work during the event. She mentioned that people are often very busy and under pressure from their work life. They must focus on their individual health and place importance on the harmony of their body and mind. She advocated that we should rest and listen to our inner body, find out what we really want and then love ourselves.

On the event, the management of VAMED Healthcare China invited Taiji Master, Chinese traditional acupuncturist and doctor to have a massage to service for participants. This showed their care for the business partners and VAMED employees.

Participants enjoyed food low in salt and oil, learnt about how to live a healthy life and enjoyed the harmony of Sino-Austria culture.

VAMED Group- Your Partner in Health Care

VAMED, founded in 1982, is an international market leader in the field of health care and health tourism facilities. Based on the VAMED-ideology, "everything from one source" we provide a full range of services covering design, engineering, construction, equipping and maintenance. We also manage hospitals, rehabilitation centres and spa centres. VAMED has a high performance network of approximately 60 companies worldwide. This makes VAMED Group a global player, offering a comprehensive portfolio of services available.

VAMED employs approximately 13,000 people including highly qualified specialists in the field of architecture, engineering, medical equipment and functional planning, hospital information technology, project management, project financing and hospital management. In close cooperation with its clients, VAMED develops custom tailored solutions to meet expectations.

More than 500 major health care projects have been successfully completed in 60 countries by VAMED. Management services are provided to 140 hospitals with an approximate total of 50,000 beds including major University Hospital Clinics in Germany and Austria.

VAMED is regarded as a competitive international contractor with respected knowledge and experience. We have a close understanding of the need for modern health care facilities in different world regions due to our geographical proximity. Worldwide subsidiaries and offices ensure the implementation of our strategy and turn export markets into domestic ones. Our multi-domestic concept is based on the principle, "think global – act local".

As the first company to implement foreign government loan projects in healthcare, VAMED´s activities in China started in 1985. In 1989, VAMED signed the first foreign government loan contract for the Shanghai No.1 People's Hospital, which was financially supported by an Austrian government loan. Since then VAMED has set up its foreign owned subsidiary in Beijing, where more than 100 contracts served approximately 500 health care facilities.

In the recent years, VAMED Healthcare China has successfully established an international and comprehensive team of medical experts. So far the VAMED specialists have supported AMPG Jinsong Clinic, Beijing, The People's Hospital of Dalian University and Ningbo No 1 Hospital. The Zhejiang No 2 Hospital, Zhejiang Geriatric Hospital and Intermed Medical Center, Ulaan Batar, Mongolia have also been maintained by VAMED.