Iranian Health Minister Urges Expansion of Medical Cooperation with Russia

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi who is on a visit to the Russian capital city of Moscow called on the Iranian and Russian officials to further develop their medical cooperation and exchange of their experiences in this field. 

She visited children and adults wards in Moscow ophthalmology center as well as installations for manufacturing ophthalmology equipment next to the center.

The center has 1,500 employees, 360 ophthalmologists and more than five million patients refer to the center annually.

Vahid Dastjerdi also visited gynecology center and talked with Iranian students there.

At the end of her visit, the minister expressed hope that the two countries can cooperate in exchanging medical experiences as well as doing joint projects.

She arrived in Moscow on Tuesday to attend the First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-communicable Disease Control.

The two-day conference was held by the United Nations Health Center in Moscow on 28-29 April 2011.

The Iranian minister delivered a speech at the conference and brief participants about Iran's scientific, educational and treatment experiences.

She also held separate meetings with her foreign counterparts to discuss expansion of ties and mutual cooperation in areas of health and healthcare.