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2025.10.08 12:20 GMT+8

#HerVoice of the heart｜Yuan Jingwei and the dawn of cardiac care in Liberia

Updated 2025.10.08 12:20 GMT+8
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At the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia, Chinese cardiologist Dr Yuan Jingwei and her team from Heilongjiang Province of China have helped establish the nation's first cardiology department, bringing specialized care to patients who once had no access to heart treatment.

In temporary clinics and modest consultation rooms, Yuan and her colleagues treat local residents, review medical reports and train Liberian doctors in cardiac diagnosis and management. Their work often stretches beyond the hospital – into rural outreach, mobile clinics and on-the-ground mentoring.

Through more than 900 days of dedication far from home, Yuan has turned compassion and expertise into lasting change – helping hundreds of patients regain the rhythm of life, and writing a new chapter of China-Africa medical cooperation with every heartbeat.

Chinese doctor Yuan Jingwei examines a patient during a mobile clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, 2023. /Yuan Jingwei

The first cardiology ward in Liberia, where Chinese doctor Yuan Jingwei and her team work at the JFK Medical Center in Monrovia, August. 2025. /Yuan Jingwe

The first cardiology ward in Liberia, where Chinese doctor Yuan Jingwei and her team work at the JFK Medical Center in Monrovia, August. 2025. /Yuan Jingwe

Handwritten medical records by Chinese doctor Yuan Jingwei at the JFK Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia, May 1, 2023. /Yuan Jingwei

Chinese doctor Yuan Jingwei helps sort and register medical equipment and medicines funded and provided by China for Liberia's first cardiology ward at the JFK Medical Center in Monrovia, 2023. /Yuan JIngwei

Chinese doctor Yuan Jingwei instructs a local physician during a clinical training session at the JFK Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia, 2023. /Yuan Jingwei

Chinese doctor Yuan Jingwei (front row, first from right) poses with members of the 15th Chinese medical team to Liberia during a mobile clinic event in Buchanan, Liberia, 2023. /Yuan Jingwei

Chinese doctor Yuan Jingwei instructs a local physician during a clinical training session at the JFK Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia, 2023. /Yuan Jingwei

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