Dhaka, March 10 -- Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Monday said the successful launch of a medical group from Bangladesh to China is an opportunity to expand collaboration across a broader spectrum.

"We will further expand our cooperation, adding more Chinese cities and high-level hospitals to provide Bangladeshi patients with greater medical choices," he said while seeing off the first group of Bangladeshi patients, doctors and travel agencies to Kunming, Yunnan Province of China, for medical check-ups, treatment and hospital visits.

Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin was also present at the ceremony at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

The first Bangladeshi medical delegation departed on Monday consists of 31 members,...