CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- On September 13, the inaugural meeting of 9 volunteer nursing service teams in Chongqing of the Chinese Nightingale Volunteer Nursing Service Team was held in Dazu People's Hospital of Chongqing. Nurses from 9 hospitals including Yubei Hospital and the People's Hospital of Changshou, Chongqing solemnly swore to join the Nightingale Volunteer Service Team.

It is learned that these 9 volunteer nursing service teams are from the People's Hospital of Changshou, Chongqing, Wansheng People's Hospital of Chongqing, Dazu People's Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical and Health School, the People's Hospital of Hechuan, Chongqing, Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of Hechuan, Chongqing, Chongqing Hechuan Hong Ren Hospital, Yubei Hospital, and Zhongxian People's Hospital of Chongqing.

"The main force of Nightingale volunteer team is nursing professionals, and the joining of 9 teams will enrich the Chongqing volunteer service team. I hope that these volunteers can give full play to the advantages of nursing and improve the health of people through their own professional services in the future," said Zhang Liyan, chairman of China Nightingale Volunteer Nursing Service Team and winner of the 43rd Nightingale Award.

It is learned that China Nightingale Volunteer Nursing Service Team, established in Beijing in July 2007, is a volunteer service organization composed of Chinese Nightingale Medal winners, nursing professionals, nursing college students and volunteers from all walks of life, and it is also the first volunteer organization composed of nursing professionals in China. (Translated by Wang Zhong, Fathom Language Limited)