Spanish hospital introduces dogs in ICUs to improve patients' emotional well-being

STORY: Spanish hospital introduces dogs in ICUs to improve patients' emotional well-being SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of medical professionals with therapy dogs at the Hospital del Mar 2. various of the therapy process with dogs 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ISABEL BUIL, Director of the Affinity Foundation 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): JOAN RAMON MASCLANS, Head of the intensive care service at Hospital del Mar STORYLINE: A project to improve the emotional well-being of patients by introducing therapy dogs into intensive care units (ICU) has been launched at Hospital del Mar in the Spanish city of Barcelona. The joint project between the hospital's intensive care service and the Affinity Foundation, a non-profit that promotes the benefits of pets, is the first of its kind in Spain and uses dogs that were abandoned and retrained as therapy dogs. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ISABEL BUIL, Director of the Affinity Fou

Community with shared future represents China's efforts for world development: experts

STORY: Community with shared future represents China's efforts for world development: experts DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO of Africa Policy Institute 3. various of BRI projects 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHAKEEL AHMAD RAMAY, CEO of Asian Institute of Eco-civilization Research and Development 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LEVENTE HORVATH, Director of Eurasia Center of John von Neumann University in Hungary STORYLINE: International experts have said China's vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind will boost world development amid challenges. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO of Africa Policy Institute "Solidarity for development, solidarity to confront epidemics, solidarity to eradicate poverty, and solidarity to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This is where now the Chinese leadership came up with this idea of buil

CHINA-SHANGHAI-HERITAGE BUILDING-RENOVATION (CN)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-HERITAGE BUILDING-RENOVATION (CN)

(230324) -- SHANGHAI, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a classroom of the Design Innovation Institute Shanghai on March 18, 2023 (above, taken by Fang Zhe) and an undated file photo of the same place in east China's Shanghai. The Henry Lester Institute of Technical Education, one of the earliest technical schools in east China's Shanghai, has finished its renovation and has been transformed into the Design Innovation Institute Shanghai, with the original architecture well preserved. The building was built in 1934 according to the will of British tycoon Henry Lester (1840-1926), one of the richest merchants in Shanghai of his time. He donated almost all of his assets to build a hospital, a medical institute and the technical school, along with other philanthropic projects. Blending Gothic Revival and Art Deco architecture, the Henry Lester Institute of Technical Education building resembles a ship when seen from a distance or a jet from a bird's-eye view. It was listed as a heritage buil

10 killed in building collapse in Syria's Aleppo

STORY: 10 killed in building collapse in Syria's Aleppo DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people searching for survivors at the building collapse site STORYLINE: A five-story residential building collapsed in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, state news agency SANA reported. The bodies of six women, three children, and a man were found under the rubble of the collapsed building in the al-Fardous neighborhood, said the report. A woman and a child were rescued and taken to a hospital for medical attention, it added. After the incident, authorities have started evacuating nearby buildings, according to the report. Citing officials in Aleppo, the report said the fallen building had been illegally constructed without the consent of the competent authorities. In Aleppo, where large swathes of areas have been ruined in wars, some returned residents live in damaged or partially repaired buil

CHINA-SHANGHAI-TEMPORARY HOSPITAL-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-TEMPORARY HOSPITAL-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(220409) -- SHANGHAI, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker installs air exhaust facilities at the construction site of a temporary hospital at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai, April 8, 2022. Shanghai has opened and will continue to construct more temporary hospitals to enhance the city's treatment capacity for COVID-19 infections in its latest COVID-19 resurgence, authorities said Friday. Four municipal-level temporary hospitals, three located in Pudong District and one in Chongming District, have been put into use as of Friday. Covering a total of 500,000 square meters, the four sites can offer a total of 38,000 beds, said Jin Chen, deputy director of Shanghai's housing and urban-rural development management committee. One temporary hospital under construction at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) will be in use from Saturday. Designed with a floor space of about 600,000 square meters with 50,000 beds in total when completely buil

Construction of China's "City of Future" in full swing

STORY: Construction of China's "City of Future" in full swing DATELINE: March 31, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:44 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's Xiong'an New Area 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG XIWANG, Office director, Infrastructure Construction Co., Ltd, China Xiong'an Group 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG SHUAI, Assistant Secretary-General, Xiong'an Intelligent City Innovation Federation 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WU FANGFANG, Head of landscape department, Ecological Construction Investment Co., Ltd, China Xiong'an Group STORYLINE: Xiong'an in north China's Hebei Province is about 100 km away from Beijing. On April 1, 2017, China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital, and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Dubbed China's youngest city and a "city of the future," Xiong'an New Area will mark its fifth anniversary on Friday. Buil