Unit trains BRI medics in snakebite treatments

A hospital in southern China has teamed up with healthcare providers in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative to train doctors how to treat snakebites using traditional Chinese medicine.

An estimated 1.2 million people a year are bitten by snakes worldwide, leading to about 100,000 deaths.

"Nearly 10,000 snake strikes are reported on average every year in countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with over 80 percent involving poisonous species," said Liang Ping, vice-president of the Wuzhou Hospital of TCM.