Chinese doctors spend annual leave volunteering in Africa
STORY: Chinese doctors spend annual leave volunteering in Africa
DATELINE: March 31, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:32
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of photos of Chinese medical volunteers's work in Africa
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHAO SHUANG, Deputy Director of the Department of Pediatrics, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZENG GAO, Deputy chief physician of neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital
STORYLINE:
A team of Chinese doctors has volunteered to offer medical assistance to Africa.
In three weeks, the team completed several difficult surgeries despite power failures and a shortage of equipment and medicine.
SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZENG GAO, Xuanwu Hospital
"The average life expectancy across Guinea is relatively short. As an underdeveloped country, the economy is among the least-developed. There is no pediatric neurosurgeon in the country, and there're only a few neurosurgeons. Many diseases are left untreated. So what can we do in this harsh medical environment?
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- Product Code
- ILEA000948473
- Registered date
- 2022/3/31 00:00:00
- Credit
- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
- Media size
- 1920 × 1080 pixel
- Deployment size
- 69.90(MB)*
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.