Chinese medical team provides free service for elderly in Kiribati

STORY: Chinese medical team provides free service for elderly in Kiribati SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024 DATELINE: April 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Tarawa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese medical team providing free service for the elderly in Kiribati STORYLINE: The third batch of the Chinese medical team to Kiribati carried out a complimentary clinic service on Saturday for the elderly citizens in the capital city Tarawa. More than 40 elderly people received comprehensive health assessments, including monitoring of vital signs such as blood pressure, blood glucose, and blood oxygen levels. With the combination of Western and Chinese medicine methods, the medical team provided pulse diagnosis, acupuncture, massage, and cardiopulmonary auscultation, as well as educational sessions on the symptoms, prevention strategies, treatment options, and medication precautions for common local ailments such as hypertension, bone and joint pain, and eye disorders. Xinhua News Agency correspond

Pioneering lung transplant recipient leaves hospital

Pioneering lung transplant recipient leaves hospital

OSAKA, Japan - A man (R), who received Japan's first transplant of both lungs from a brain-dead donor, holds a news conference with doctors at Osaka University Hospital on May 18 before leaving the hospital the same day. The man in his 30s, whose name was withheld, suffered from pulmonary hypertension. He said, ''It is like a dream that I can walk outside on my own feet. I feel happy to be alive.''

Int'l students offer volunteer medical service in Ningxia, China

STORY: Int'l students offer volunteer medical service in Ningxia, China DATELINE: July 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:11 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. International students offering volunteer medical services 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KEVAL BALA MARAM, Indian student, Ningxia Medical University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GUO BIN, Professor, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ningxia Medical University STORYLINE: Seventeen international students studying in Ningxia, China offered volunteer medical services to residents in Minning town of Ningxia. The students are all from Ningxia Medical University based in Yinchuan. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KEVAL BALA MARAM, Indian student, Ningxia Medical University "I measured the blood pressure for the patients to see if they have any problems. I checked the patient's history. And I've checked the patient if he has any serious conditions or symptoms, if he has any hypertension and any other problems related to heart. I was just checking hi

UGANDA-KAMPALA-WORLD HYPERTENSION DAY

UGANDA-KAMPALA-WORLD HYPERTENSION DAY

(220518) -- KAMPALA, May 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A nurse checks the blood pressure of a woman during the World Hypertension Day event in Kampala, Uganda, May 17, 2022. The World Hypertension Day, which falls on May 17, is marked annually to raise awareness about the disease in different communities. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)

Doctor dedicated to raising awareness on pulmonary hypertension in Gansu, China

STORY: Doctor dedicated to raising awareness on pulmonary hypertension in Gansu, China DATELINE: May 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): CAO YUNSHAN, Cardiologist, Gansu Provincial Hospital STORYLINE: World Pulmonary Hypertension Day is observed annually on May 5. A Chinese doctor who once worked at a hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School is now raising awareness of pulmonary hypertension, a rare lung disorder, in China's Gansu Province. Cao Yunshan used to work at Massachusetts General Hospital. He returned to Gansu in 2016, working to promote diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary circulation diseases. SOUNDBITE (English): CAO YUNSHAN, Cardiologist, Gansu Provincial Hospital "Particularly I focus on fibrosing mediastinitis-caused pulmonary hypertension, which is also a rare and fatal disease. For fibrosing mediastinitis-caused pulmonary hypertension, it is common to be mis- and under-diagnosed. So, in order to improve the abilit

Pioneering lung transplant recipient leaves hospital

Pioneering lung transplant recipient leaves hospital

OSAKA, Japan - A man (R), who received Japan's first transplant of both lungs from a brain-dead donor, holds a news conference with doctors at Osaka University Hospital on May 18 before leaving the hospital the same day. The man in his 30s, whose name was withheld, suffered from pulmonary hypertension. He said, ''It is like a dream that I can walk outside on my own feet. I feel happy to be alive.''