Namibia, China launch paired hospital cooperation mechanism

STORY: Namibia, China launch paired hospital cooperation mechanism SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 8, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: WALVIS BAY, Namibia CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Walvis Bay hospital 2. SOUNDBITE (English): DR. LEONARD KABONGO, Namibia's Chief Medical Officer of the Erongo Health Directorate 3. various of at the Walvis Bay hospital STORYLINE: The governments of Namibia and China on Wednesday launched the China-Namibia paired hospital cooperation mechanism at Walvis Bay Hospital, in the port town of Walvis Bay, about 395 km from Windhoek, the Namibian capital. The event also marked a medical equipment donation, valued at 1.07 million Namibian dollars (about 55,000 U.S. dollars), by the Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The donated items include essential medical equipment like ventilators, patient monitors, defibrillation monitors, baby incubators, portable suctions, a telemedicine collaboration platform, and a cloud imaging syst

Telemedicine platform helps safeguard health of villagers in rural China

STORY: Telemedicine platform helps safeguard health of villagers in rural China DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/MEDICINE SHOTLIST: 1. aerial view of the hospital 2. various of the telemedicine systems 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN LI, Doctor from Tuanjie Village, Longli County, Guizhou 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TIAN GUANG, Doctor of Longli People's Hospital 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN LI, Doctor from Tuanjie Village, Longli County, Guizhou STORYLINE: With the help of telemedicine platforms, villagers in southwest China's Guizhou Province are now able to consult doctors from higher-level hospitals. As the country's first national big data comprehensive pilot zone, Guizhou has been taking advantage of the technology to benefit local villagers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN LI, Doctor from Tuanjie Village, Longli County, Guizhou "Most of the villagers left behind at home are elderly people and children as young people choose to work in big cities. Now,

CHINA-HONG KONG-TCM TEAM-AID (CN)

CHINA-HONG KONG-TCM TEAM-AID (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tong Xiaolin (3rd L), leader of a traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) experts team from the Chinese mainland and an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with other TCM experts, visits the Hong Kong Baptist University's Chinese Medicine Telemedicine Center Against COVID-19 in Hong Kong, south China, April 3, 2022. TO GO WITH "Interview: Mainland, Hong Kong agree to implement 'three easy' principles in fighting COVID-19, says mainland medical expert" (Xinhua)

Demonstration experiment of remote medical treatment using NTT DOCOMO's 5G-compatible mobile medical vehicles

Demonstration experiment of remote medical treatment using NTT DOCOMO's 5G-compatible mobile medical vehicles

Based on the results of the demonstration, the team aims to put the vehicle to practical use at an early date. A 5G-compatible mobile medical vehicle (photo) was dispatched to the Hidakagawa Town Health and Welfare Center (Hidakagawa Town, Wakayama Prefecture) to temporarily establish a communication environment. Yukihiko Okumura, director of the 5G Innovation Promotion Office, expressed his expectation, saying, "We will be able to rush to the patients' side (even in depopulated areas). NTT DOCOMO and Wakayama Prefectural University of Medical Science have been conducting a verification experiment since fiscal 2017, and this is the third time they have conducted the experiment. Hidakagawa-cho Health and Welfare Center in Hidakagawa-cho, Wakayama Prefecture on January 8, 2020. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images