KATHMANDU -- China has provided a medical assistance worth Nepali Rupees 240 million ($2.20 million) on Wednesday for the improvement of Nepal's health sector.

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Wu Chuntai and Secretary at the Nepalese Ministry of Health and Population Shanta Bahadur Shrestha signed an agreement on the aid.

Under the agreement, medical equipment including ICU monitors, radar technologies and ventilators among others have been handed over to BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, located in Chitwan, some 150 km from the capital city.

Also on Wednesday, the eighth Chinese medical team deployed in BP Cancer Hospital was bidden farewell whereas the 17-member new team has been welcomed.