NANNING — A hospital in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Oct 9 launched a cross-border medical platform to boost medical cooperation between China and ASEAN countries.

The platform has been jointly developed by the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, tech giant Microsoft, Shenzhen-based medical device provider Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co Ltd, and other companies.

The platform will enable the hospital to provide patients from ASEAN countries with medical consultations prior to hospitalization, access to treatment information while being hospitalized and continuous follow-up consultations after being discharged.

Services in eight languages, including Chinese, English, Thai, and Vietnamese, are available on the platform.

Chen Junqiang, president of the hospital, said communication is being maintained with hospitals in ASEAN countries in recent years.

The consuls general of six ASEAN countries in Nanning, capital of Guangxi, attended the launching ceremony of the cooperation platform.