Visiting Saida, the starting point of Chinese medical team in Africa

STORY: Visiting Saida, the starting point of Chinese medical team in Africa DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese medical team 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): LAMOURI NASREDDINE, Director of health and population of Saida province 3. various of Chinese medical team 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): DJILALI FERTOUT, Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Saida Maternity Hospital 5. various of Chinese medical team STORYLINE: On April 6, 1963, China's first medical team was dispatched from Beijing to Algeria. Later they arrived at Saida, a city in the northwest part of the country. Upon independence in 1962, Algeria fell into a difficult situation where almost all French doctors were withdrawn and the nation was short of medicine. At that time, there was only one doctor and one nurse in the public hospital in Saida province. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): LAMOURI NASREDDINE, Director of health and population of Saida province "The Chinese medical teams h