Being a foreign aid doctor in Solomon Islands

STORY: Being a foreign aid doctor in Solomon Islands SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 4, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:14 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese medical aid team working in the Solomon Islands 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XU MING, Chinese doctor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): XU MING, Chinese doctor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): XU MING, Chinese doctor 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): XU MING, Chinese doctor 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English/Chinese): ALL of people STORYLINE: After the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations in 2019, China started to dispatch medical team including doctors and nurses to the Solomon Islands in early 2022. Currently, the second batch of Chinese medical team members are working here. One of them has shared his stories in the Pacific island country. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XU MING, Chinese doctor "I'm Xu Ming, 32 years old. I'm an attending physician in the acupuncture department of the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University. In Mar

Nurse at quake-hit hospital awarded by Red Cross

Nurse at quake-hit hospital awarded by Red Cross

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken May 14, 2013, shows Aiko Kin, deputy director and head nurse at the Ishinomaki Japanese Red Cross Hospital in Miyagi Prefecture, who was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross earlier in the year for her dedication to victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Kin was among 32 nurses from 16 countries to receive the medal, which honors "exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster."

Shanghai upgrades beds in makeshift hospitals to receive severe COVID-19 patients

STORY: Shanghai upgrades beds in makeshift hospitals to receive severe COVID-19 patients DATELINE: April 23, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:32 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Lingang makeshift hospital in Shanghai STORYLINE: As a slew of COVID-19 mild cases and asymptomatic carriers have been discharged from makeshift hospitals in east China's Shanghai, many vacant beds are converted into standard nursing beds for patients with severe symptoms. The upgrade is in process at Lingang Makeshift Hospital, where 2,000 of the temporary hospital's 13,600 beds will be converted into hospital beds. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG MENGTING, Nurse in Shanghai Lingang makeshift hospital "After regular beds are turned into hospital beds, it's easier to help patients turn over. Both the head and foot of the bed can be raised. The hospital beds are also movable, unlike the regular beds before. Also, the upgraded beds are the ones closest to the nurses' station so that the medical workers can better m