ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-CHINESE MEDICAL EXPERTS

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-CHINESE MEDICAL EXPERTS

(230804) -- ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bamlak Tessema, a renowned Ethiopian international football referee who received acupuncture treatment, receives an interview with Xinhua in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, June 23, 2023. Nine teams of more than 80 Chinese medical experts have been dispatched to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa over the past nine years for missions centered on military-public health cooperation. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese doctors bring Ethiopian patients cure, hope" (Xinhua/Wang Ping)

Chinese doctors bring medical care to Ethiopian patients

STORY: Chinese doctors bring medical care to Ethiopian patients DATELINE: July 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:34 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the patient 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): GEZAHEBN TILAHUN, Ethiopian patient 3. various of the Chinese doctors 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TENA MAMO, Surgeon, Armed Forces Comprehensive Specialized Hospital 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Amharic): GEZAHEBN TILAHUN, Ethiopian patient 6. various of the hospital 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): BAMLAK TESSEMA, Football referee 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): HAILU ENDESHAW, Commander of the Armed Forces Comprehensive Specialized Hospital STORYLINE: Gezahegn Tilahun had been suffering from what he described as a "mysterious illness" for more than two years. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): GEZAHEBN TILAHUN, Ethiopian patient "I first started to feel the pain when I was on duty in an active conflict in northern Ethiopia. I was referred to four hospitals, and none of them identified the real cause of my sickness. Doctors in each hospital