Chinese medical center in Malta celebrates 20th anniversary

Kurt Sciberras, 22, who serves in the government, won the first Prize. He told Xinhua that his story was about he and his mother came to the center for Chinese acupunctures at the first time, he was really impressed by the Chinese traditional medicine.

The MRCTCM was officially established in 1994 by the Chinese government and Maltese government. The Health Department of China's eastern Jiangsu Province is responsible for dispatching medical teams biennially.

In the past two decades, the MRCTCM received a total of 140,000 patients including local people, foreign visitors, diplomats, Chinese residing in Malta as well.

Apart from providing Chinese medical services, the MRCTCM has also actively carried out lectures on traditional Chinese medicine, provided courses on Chinese self-Massage.

Two of the MRCTCM doctors work outside of the Center, running outpatient services at two state-run hospitals, one on Malta and the other, Gozo General Hospital on its sister island, Gozo.

When it opened in 2008, the traditional Chinese Medicine clinic at Malta's national hospital of Mater Dei was the first of its kind at a European public hospital. The MRCTCM also becomes the teaching practice base for some Chinese Medicine colleges in Europe.