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Israeli Airstrike Hits Displaced Persons Tent - Gaza

Doctors treat an injured child on the floor of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, Gaza on September 4, 2025. Four people were killed and several others injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians near Abu Mazen Square, southwest of Gaza City. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Airstrike Hits Displaced Persons Tent - Gaza

Doctors treat an injured child on the floor of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, Gaza on September 4, 2025. Four people were killed and several others injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians near Abu Mazen Square, southwest of Gaza City. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 27 : ST. PETER'S CHAIR. BERNINI HAS CREATED A LARGE BRONZE THRONE IN WHICH HE INSERTS THE PULPIT, PLACED HIGH ON FOUR SUPPORTS SUPPORTED BY MASSIVE BRONZE STATUES OF FOUR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH, STS. AMBROISE AND AUGUSTINE, REPRESENTING THE LATIN CHURCH, ATHANASIUS AND JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, FOR THE GREEK CHURCH. BEHIND AND ABOVE THE CATHEDRA PETRI, A BURST OF LIGHT ENTERS THROUGH A YELLOW ALABASTER WINDOW, ILLUMINATING IN THE CENTER, THE DOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE PULPIT IS WELCOMED IN HIS NEW HOUSE BY A GREAT CELEBRATION ON JANUARY 16, 1666. ON THE LEFT, THE TRANSEPT AND THE BALDACHIN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 26 : ST. PETER'S CHAIR. BERNINI HAS CREATED A LARGE BRONZE THRONE IN WHICH HE INSERTS THE PULPIT, PLACED HIGH ON FOUR SUPPORTS SUPPORTED BY MASSIVE BRONZE STATUES OF FOUR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH, STS. AMBROISE AND AUGUSTINE, REPRESENTING THE LATIN CHURCH, ATHANASIUS AND JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, FOR THE GREEK CHURCH. BEHIND AND ABOVE THE CATHEDRA PETRI, A BURST OF LIGHT ENTERS THROUGH A YELLOW ALABASTER WINDOW, ILLUMINATING IN THE CENTER, THE DOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE PULPIT IS WELCOMED IN HIS NEW HOUSE BY A GREAT CELEBRATION ON JANUARY 16, 1666. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Monument Cathedra Petri (or 'throne of St. Peter') in the apse of Saint Peter's basilica, Vatican on December 18, 2018. Gian Lorenzo Bernini created a large bronze throne in which a chair which was often claimed to have been used by the apostle St Peter, was housed, raised high on four looping supports held effortlessly by massive bronze statues of four Doctors of the Church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Medical evacuation train in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine, March 14 Kyodo - Video taken in Kyiv on March 14, 2024, shows the interior of a medical train that evacuates wounded Ukrainian soldiers from frontlines to safer regions while providing them treatment by doctors and nurses. Some 60 cars -- four constituting one train -- are now in operations, with another eight cars planned to be added by the end of the year. (Kyodo)

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Medical evacuation train in Ukraine

Photo taken in Kyiv on March 14, 2024, shows the interior of a medical train that evacuates wounded Ukrainian soldiers from frontlines to safer regions while providing them treatment by doctors and nurses. Some 60 cars -- four constituting one train -- are now in operations, with another eight cars planned to be added by the end of the year.

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Medical evacuation train in Ukraine

Photo taken in Kyiv on March 14, 2024, shows the interior of a medical train that evacuates wounded Ukrainian soldiers from frontlines to safer regions while providing them treatment by doctors and nurses. Some 60 cars -- four constituting one train -- are now in operations, with another eight cars planned to be added by the end of the year.

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-CHINESE MILITARY DOCTORS-MEDAL AWARDING CEREMONY

(240127) -- PHNOM PENH, Jan. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lt. Gen. Moeung Ponlork (C), director general of the General Department of Logistics and Finance at the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense, presents honorable medals to four Chinese military doctors during an awarding ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 27, 2024. Cambodia on Saturday pinned honorable medals to four Chinese military doctors in recognition of their contributions to improving medical standards of the Preah Ket Mealea Hospital. (Photo by Liao Hongqing/Xinhua)

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Cambodia awards honorable medals to 4 Chinese military doctors

STORY: Cambodia awards honorable medals to 4 Chinese military doctors SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:59 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the medal awarding ceremony STORYLINE: Cambodia on Saturday pinned honorable medals to four Chinese military doctors in recognition of their contributions to improving medical standards of the Preah Ket Mealea Hospital. Lt. Gen. Moeung Ponlork, director general of the General Department of Logistics and Finance at the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense, presented the "Knight Class" medals to them at a ceremony held here. Ponlork expressed his profound gratitude to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) for having provided a great deal of support to the hospital, saying that the assistance has importantly contributed to further deepening the friendship between the two countries and peoples. "China's medical assistance has not only built capacity for medical practitioners at the hospital, b

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Identifying Hamas Victims - Israel

Israeli soldiers at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where more than 600 deceased bodies have been received since the commencement of the war with Hamas. Teams of doctors, dentists, forensic experts and volunteers are working around the clock to identify bodies two weeks after Hamas attacks. Four other centres are carrying out similar work, officials said. Hundreds of bodies waiting to be identified or to be taken for burial are stored in containers lined up in the base next to a tent where the teams work. Ramla, Israel October 24, 2023. Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese doctors deliver free medical services to remote Kiribati islands

STORY: Chinese doctors deliver free medical services to remote Kiribati islands DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese doctors treating patients STORYLINE: Two Chinese doctors on Thursday finished a four-day visit to Tamana and Tabiteuea North, two islands of Kiribati located more than 300 kilometers southeast of the capital Tarawa, after delivering free medical services to local residents. At the invitation of Kiribati Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Cao Lijun and Che Xiaoshuang from the second batch of the Chinese medical team stationed in the Pacific island country departed from Tarawa on Monday, heading to their destinations by plane. They not only provided consultations for critically ill patients, but also offered to local communities other free services, such as blood pressure and blood sugar measurement, cardiopulmonary auscultation, wound debridement and dressing change, as well as medication guidance. From

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Chinese doctors extend help beyond borders

STORY: Chinese doctors extend help beyond borders DATELINE: July 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sun Rongxin talking with Baigenkina Fania 2. various of Chinese medical team's tour to Kazakhstan 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Kazakh): ABAI HABATAYEVICH BIRGENKIN, Fania's husband 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SUN RONGXIN, Doctor 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Kazakh): ABAI HABATAYEVICH BIRGENKIN, Fania's husband STORYLINE: After a week of recovery, Baigenkina Fania's right wrist is getting better. The Kazakh woman accidentally fell four months ago. After surgery, her right wrist suffered from limb deformity. In June, a Chinese medical team from Xinjiang had a medical exchange tour to Kazakhstan, during which she sought advice from Chinese doctors. The Chinese doctors suggested Fania do another surgery. SOUNDBITE 1 (Kazakh): ABAI HABATAYEVICH BIRGENKIN, Fania's husband "Doctor Sun (Rongxin) checked the condition of my wife. He said she'd better have another surgery. We really ap

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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

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Seven-year-old's desperate struggle for medical service in battle-torn Yemen

STORY: Seven-year-old's desperate struggle for medical service in battle-torn Yemen DATELINE: May 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: HAJJAH, Yemen CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Al-Jada village 2. various of the ailing child 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MUHAMMAD AATI, Father of the ailing child 4. various of the village and the ailing child 5. various of a local medical center crowded with children waiting for treatment STORYLINE: Seven-year-old Yemeni boy Ibrahim has endured excruciating pain from large, swollen lumps on his back and stomach for more than three years. In late 2019, he found it difficult to play, walk, or even sleep due to the pain. The pain only gets worse with each passing day. Muhammad, Ibrahim's father, took him to a hospital in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, where doctors told them that Ibrahim would need two surgeries, but not until he was four years old. The father and son returned to their village in the Haradh district of Hajjah Governorate in northwestern Yemen,

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Chinese medical team offers free clinical services in Paola, Malta

STORY: Chinese medical team offers free clinical services in Paola, Malta DATELINE: May 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: PAOLA, Malta CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation of medical supplies 2. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: The 18th Chinese medical team for Malta from the Mediterranean Regional Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine (MRCTCM) provided on Monday free clinical services to elderly residents at the city hall of Paola in Malta and donated medical supplies, including plasters and safflower oil, to the local council. Following a brief lecture on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment of insomnia given by Shi Xinying, member of the medical team, four doctors offered complimentary services, such as health consultations, blood pressure checks, acupuncture and cupping therapy. Due to high demand, the Chinese medical team will hold a second lecture and a free clinical event for more residents at the same location next Monday. The free clinical event, aimed at

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Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant

STORY: Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona 2. various of pictures of the surgery 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ALBERT JAUREGUI, Head of the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplants Department at Vall d'Hebron 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): XAVIER, Lung transplant patient STORYLINE: Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona has carried out the world's first fully robotic lung transplant using a minimally invasive technique that does not require cutting through bone. Surgeons announced on Monday that they utilized a four-armed "Da Vinci" medical robot to make an eight-centimeter incision above the diaphragm to remove the damaged lung and insert a new one. This groundbreaking procedure avoids the traditional method of separating the ribs to open up the thorax, which was the only available option until now. The doctors also noted that i

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2 policemen among 4 killed, 15 injured in blast in SW Pakistan

STORY: 2 policemen among 4 killed, 15 injured in blast in SW Pakistan DATELINE: April 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site of the blast 2. various of injured people being sent to a hospital 3. various of doctors saving the wounded STORYLINE: At least four people, including two policemen, were killed and 15 others injured in a blast on Monday in Quetta, the provincial capital of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, police and health officials said. Senior Superintendent of Police of Quetta district Zuhaib Mohsin told Xinhua that the blast hit a police vehicle that was on a routine patrol at the Meezan Chowk area of the Qandahari Bazaar of Quetta. Rescue teams, police and security forces rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and the injured to a hospital. Waseem Baig, the media coordinator of the health department of Balochistan, told Xinhua that four bodies and 15 wounded victims were brought to the hospital. The health official feared

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Chinese medical team trains Zambian doctors to remove brain tumors

STORY: Chinese medical team trains Zambian doctors to remove brain tumors DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. Various shots of Chinese doctor guiding local Zambian doctors in Surgery 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DR. KACHINGA SICHIZYA, Chief of Neurosurgery Department at UTH 3. various of the surgery 4. various of Alex Makupe, director of Clinical Care at the Ministry of Health 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DR. ALEX MAKUPE, the Director of Clinical Care at the Ministry of Health 6. various of Elijah Katambo, a neurosurgeon at UTH 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DR. ELIJAH KATAMBO, Neurosurgeon at UTH STORYLINE: Zambian doctors have successfully conducted four surgeries to remove tumors from the brain following a training conducted by the 23rd batch of Chinese medical team sent to the African country. Kachinga Sichizya, a senior neurosurgeon at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), said the operations were done following months of training, in which local doctors wer

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ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230225) -- LUSAKA, Feb. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Zhenbo (3rd, R), a member of the Chinese medical team, conducts a surgery with local doctors at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia, Feb. 22, 2023. Zambian doctors have successfully conducted four surgeries to remove tumors from the brain following a training conducted by the 23rd batch of the Chinese medical team, a senior neurosurgeon at the country's biggest hospital said on Friday. (Xinhua)

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ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230225) -- LUSAKA, Feb. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Zhenbo (1st, R), a member of the Chinese medical team, shares his experience at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia, Feb. 24, 2023. Zambian doctors have successfully conducted four surgeries to remove tumors from the brain following a training conducted by the 23rd batch of the Chinese medical team, a senior neurosurgeon at the country's biggest hospital said on Friday. (Xinhua/Peng Lijun)

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Japan's emergency medical team leaves for quake-hit Haiti

NARITA, Japan - Japan's emergency medical team, consisting of four doctors, seven nurses and 14 other officials, leaves Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 16, 2006 for Haiti. The team will stay in Haiti for about two weeks.

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Japan team begins providing medical care for China quake victims

CHENGDU, China - A Japanese medical support team doctor (R) treats an earthquake victim at Sichuan University's Huaxi Hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on May 22. The team -- four doctors, seven nurses, a pharmacist, five liaison officers and another five support staff -- arrived in the capital of the inland province on May 20 and plans to provide medical care for about two weeks. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan team begins providing medical care for China quake victims

CHENGDU, China - A Japanese medical support team doctor (R) checks an X-ray at Sichuan University's Huaxi Hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on May 22. The team -- four doctors, seven nurses, a pharmacist, five liaison officers and another five support staff -- arrived in the capital of the inland province on May 20 and plans to provide medical care for about two weeks. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Asashoryu has inflamed ankle, may have to skip Jan. sumo meet

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu, who was diagnosed Dec. 6 with an inflammation in his right ankle. Doctors say the condition requires about four weeks to heal, making his appearance in the New Year meet uncertain.

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Zimbabwe's first locally trained acupuncturists graduate

STORY: Zimbabwe's first locally trained acupuncturists graduate DATELINE: Dec. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHU WEI, TCM doctor and instructor of the program 3. various of doctors and patients 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CONSTANTINO CHIWENGA, Zimbabwe's Vice President and Health Minister 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TATENDA CHIMBUDE, Pharmacy graduate STORYLINE: A group of 10 medical workers graduated from a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and acupuncture personnel training course in Harare on Monday, becoming Zimbabwe's first medical workers to complete such training. The training program, which lasted more than four months, was held at the TCM and Acupuncture Center at the Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare. It comprised theory and practice, and included basic operation of acupuncture and moxibustion as well as diagnosis and treatment of diseases. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHU WEI, TCM doctor and instructor of

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2 Afghan doctors arrive from Japan to help refugees

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Kazem Ahmadyar (L) and Asghar Ahmadyar, two of four Afghan brothers who are all doctors living in Japan, arrive in Islamabad on Oct. 29 to help treat Afghan refugees fleeing to Pakistan. The two other Ahmadyar brothers -- Akbar and Jafar -- will join Kazem and Asghar in Pakistan early next month.

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4 Afghan doctors in Japan to help in refugee relief

TOKYO, Japan - Four Afghan medical doctors in Japan -- Kazem Ahmadyar (L), 48, and his three brothers, photographed Oct. 5 at Josai Hospital in Yuki, Ibaraki Prefecture -- will join operations to support Afghan refugees fleeing to Pakistan. The brothers, from the central Afghan region of Ghazni, are permanent residents of Japan and work with the Japan International Friendship and Welfare Foundation, a nongovernmental organization.

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Albanian boy returns to Kosovo after treatment in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Nezir Shinik, a 3-year-old ethnic Albanian boy from Kosovo, poses for photographers with his father Abdurahman Shinik (L) and mother Hyrmet Shinik (R) at the Narita airport before boarding a flight to Yugoslavia on Dec. 8. Nazir received four months of treatment in Japan for an intractable eye disease. Nezir, who came to Japan with the support of the Association of Medical Doctors in Asia, was admitted to Kanazawa University Hospital in Ishikawa Prefecture in July.