VALLETTA, April 13 -- A telecommunication cooperative consultation was launched on Monday in Malta's Paola city to enable medical experts based in China give prescriptions in treating Maltese patients.

Chinese top fertility, acupuncture and rehabilitation experts at Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in China's eastern city of Nanjing helped a 35-year-old Maltese patient to diagnose infertility via the program.

They were cooperating with Wang Xiaolan, director of the Mediterranean Regional Centre for Traditional Chinese Medicine (MRCTCM) in Malta's Paola city, to help the patient.

The joint consultation was made possible after the introduction of a telecommunication consultation system by the MRCTCM.

The system, which aims at vanquishing mysterious symptoms encountered by the clinic, was configured in April 2014. It is the first one of its kind among China's overseas medical teams, according to Wang.

Wang said several Malta-based patients had benefited from the service since its installation. "A Swede with chronic eczema was the first patient cured through our telecommunication consultation system after three months' acupuncture treatment."

Monday also marks the 21st anniversary since MRCTCM was founded. The center treats up to 10,000 Maltese patients per year using the ancient treatment techniques of acupuncture, massage, and sometimes physical therapy.