Responding to request of the Mongolian government, Bharat became the first country to gift 150,000 doses of made in Bharat Covishield vaccine by Astra Zeneca in February 2021.
A team of 17 Indian Rotarians doctors undertook the second medical mission to Mongolia in May 2019 and conducted about 300 surgeries and donated medical equipment/medicines worth USD 12,000. The first medical mission was undertaken by them in August 2017 when Indian doctors conducted neurosurgery, microsurgery, anaesthesiology, audiology, plastic surgery, etc. and trained the Mongolian doctors.
Medical equipment approximately worth USD 30,000 was donated to various Mongolian hospitals.
In 2020, despite Covid pandemic, Bharat-Mongolia Health Cooperation Centre was established which is attempting to attract Mongolians for various treatments like liver, Ophthalmological treatment, cancer and heart ailments. Due to persistent efforts of Indian mission, a telemedicine centre was established in Mongolia where an Indian private hospital is offering online consultation followed by treatment in Bharat, if needed. Indian super specialty hospitals have also engaged resident representatives in Ulaanbaatar to boost medial tourism to Bharat.
