Chinese firm donates equipment to support Ghanaian hospital's efforts to treat diabetes

STORY: Chinese firm donates equipment to support Ghanaian hospital's efforts to treat diabetes SHOOTING TIME: March 14, 2024 DATELINE: March 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:08 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donating ceremony 2. various of the hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AKUA GYIMAH-ASANTE, Medical superintendent of the LEKMA Hospital in Accra 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AKUA GYIMAH-ASANTE, Medical superintendent of the LEKMA Hospital in Accra 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): QU HONGYING, Director of the Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital STORYLINE: A Chinese medical company on Thursday donated an assortment of medical equipment to the LEKMA Hospital in Accra, the capital of Ghana, to support its efforts to treat complications caused by diabetes. Weigao Medical Ghana Limited donated ultra-modern equipment to enable the hospital to set up a center to treat diabetic foot and chronic wounds mainly caused by diabetes. Akua Gyimah-Asante, medical superintendent of the hospi

Chinese medical team helps Ghanaian hospital improve radiology services

STORY: Chinese medical team helps Ghanaian hospital improve radiology services SHOOTING TIME: March 4, 2024 DATELINE: March 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of doctors operating radiology equipment 2. various of patients 3. various of Du Yushan, the team's leader, examining a patient imaging 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DU YUSHAN, Leader of 12th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ghana 5. various of a doctor taking patient imaging 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DENNIS AMARTEY AHIA, Deputy chief radiographer at LEKMA Hospital 7. various of patients at the hospital (file) STORYLINE: The 12th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ghana has helped a Ghanaian hospital improve its radiology services over the past year, benefiting thousands of local patients. LEKMA Hospital, a general hospital where the Chinese medical team is based, has been lacking radiology equipment and techniques for years, posing a challenge to disease diagnosis, Du Yushan, the team's leader, told Xin

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-RADIOLOGY

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-RADIOLOGY

(240305) -- ACCRA, March 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Du Yushan, leader of the 12th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ghana, looks at an X-ray image at LEKMA Hospital in Accra, Ghana, on March 4, 2024. TO GO WITH "Chinese medical team helps Ghanaian hospital improve radiology services" (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-RADIOLOGY

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-RADIOLOGY

(240305) -- ACCRA, March 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Du Yushan (R), leader of the 12th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ghana, checks a machine at LEKMA Hospital in Accra, Ghana, on March 4, 2024. TO GO WITH "Chinese medical team helps Ghanaian hospital improve radiology services" (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SURGERY

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SURGERY

(230923) -- ACCRA, Sept. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese doctor performs a surgery on a local cataract patient at the LEKMA Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, Sept. 20, 2023. On Sept. 11, the Chinese medical team in Ghana started a program to provide free surgeries for local cataract patients. By Saturday, they have completed 71 surgeries. TO GO WITH "Feature: More Ghanaians benefit from free cataract surgery by Chinese doctors" (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SURGERY

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SURGERY

(230923) -- ACCRA, Sept. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese doctors perform a surgery on a local cataract patient at the LEKMA Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, Sept. 20, 2023. On Sept. 11, the Chinese medical team in Ghana started a program to provide free surgeries for local cataract patients. By Saturday, they have completed 71 surgeries. TO GO WITH "Feature: More Ghanaians benefit from free cataract surgery by Chinese doctors" (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)

Chinese medical team helps Ghanaian patients restore sight

STORY: Chinese medical team helps Ghanaian patients restore sight DATELINE: Feb. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chinese medical team working 2. various of patients 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ELIZABETH DZOKPE, Retired nurse in Ghana 4. various of doctors conducting surgeries 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SENAM AIDAM, Head of the Ophthalmology Unit of LEKMA Hospital STORYLINE: A Chinese medical team stationed at the LEKMA Hospital in Accra, the capital of Ghana, has offered free surgeries since last November to restore the vision of Ghanaians suffering from cataracts. Cataract is a common cause of visual impairment. To restore sight, patients need to undergo surgeries, but the costly surgeries prevent low-income Ghanaians with cataracts from accessing treatment. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ELIZABETH DZOKPE, Retired nurse in Ghana "I can't see well when I am walking. Just sometimes I want to fall down. I was having blind vision, so I came here and it was

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-CATARACT

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-CATARACT

(230216) -- ACCRA, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese doctor (1st R) from the Chinese medical team in Ghana checks a Ghanaian patient's eyes in LEKMA Hospital in Accra, the capital of Ghana, on Feb. 13, 2023. The Chinese medical team stationed at the LEKMA Hospital in Accra has offered free surgeries since last November to restore the vision of Ghanaians suffering from cataracts. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese medical team helps Ghanaian patients restore sight" (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-CATARACT

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-CATARACT

(230216) -- ACCRA, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese doctor (R) from the Chinese medical team in Ghana checks a Ghanaian patient's eyes in LEKMA Hospital in Accra, the capital of Ghana, on Feb. 13, 2023. The Chinese medical team stationed at the LEKMA Hospital in Accra has offered free surgeries since last November to restore the vision of Ghanaians suffering from cataracts. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese medical team helps Ghanaian patients restore sight" (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-CATARACT

GHANA-ACCRA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-CATARACT

(230216) -- ACCRA, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese doctor (R) from the Chinese medical team in Ghana operates a surgery on a Ghanaian patient suffering from cataract in LEKMA Hospital in Accra, the capital of Ghana, on Feb. 13, 2023. The Chinese medical team stationed at the LEKMA Hospital in Accra has offered free surgeries since last November to restore the vision of Ghanaians suffering from cataracts. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese medical team helps Ghanaian patients restore sight" (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)

Chinese doctors wrap up mission after treating over 3,000 Ghanaian patients

STORY: Chinese doctors wrap up mission after treating over 3,000 Ghanaian patients DATELINE: March 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:16 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. Various shots of Chinese medical team 2. Various shots of Ghana's LEKMA hospital (file) 3. Various shots of Chinese medical team (file) 4. Various shots of Chinese medical team STORYLINE: The 10th batch of the Chinese medical team wrapped up its one-year mission in Ghana Wednesday with more than 3,000 local patients treated. Zhuang Shaohui, chief of the team, told Xinhua that the team has performed a total of 1,410 surgeries during their services at Ghana's LEKMA hospital, and some of the therapies they adopted were unprecedented in the hospital. Over the past year, as the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the West African country, the team consisting of 11 top-notch doctors from southern China's Guangdong Province also joined their Ghanaian counterparts in the fight against the virus. According to Zhuang, the team helped the hos