1,100 Gazan kidney patients facing drug shortage: ministry

STORY: 1,100 Gazan kidney patients facing drug shortage: ministry DATELINE: Sept. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Health Ministry in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ASHRAF ABU MAHDI, Director of the pharmacy department in the Health Ministry 3. various of the hospital of Abdul Aziz Al-Rantisi in Gaza 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMED ABU SHARIAA, Father of a child with kidney failure 5. various of the hospital of Abdul Aziz Al-Rantisi in Gaza STORYLINE: At least 1,100 Palestinian kidney patients are facing a lack of medicines and medical equipment in Gaza, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. In a press conference held in the coastal enclave, Ashraf Abu Mahdi, director of the pharmacy department in the Health Ministry, said the patients include 38 children who are in danger of being denied access to dialysis sessions. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ASHRAF ABU MAHDI, Director of the pharmacy department in the Health Ministry "Kidney failure patie

Medical workers on frontline of treating COVID-19 patients

STORY: Medical workers on frontline of treating COVID-19 patients DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of medical workers 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU JUAN, Co-chief Nurse, Jiangsu Province Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SUN KAI, Deputy Director of Emergency Medicine Department, Jiangsu Province Hospital 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG JIE, Clinic doctor of Zhongfu Village 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZHANG JIE, Clinic doctor of Zhongfu Village 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): JIA LIQI, Emergency doctor in Beijing Chaoyang Emergency Rescuing Center 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): YI WENFENG, Deputy chief physician of a hospital's intensive care unit STORYLINE: Emergency room of Jiangsu Province Hospital E China's Jiangsu Voice of a medical worker "Please register over there." SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU JUAN, Co-chief Nurse, Jiangsu Province Hospital "The patients are mostly elderly people with a lung infection, hypoxia, and there are also some fever patie

Disastrous flood in east Australia threatens wild animals

STORY: Disastrous flood in east Australia threatens wild animals DATELINE: March 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of floodSOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAIMEE BLOUSE, Head wildlife vet nurse of RSPCA Queenslandvarious of a nurse taking care animalsSOUNDBITE 2 (English): JAIMEE BLOUSE, Head wildlife vet nurse of RSPCA Queensland STORYLINE: While the shadow of the extreme weather system in Australia's east coast hasn't faded away, local animals are facing severe threats. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), an independent, community-based charity providing animal care and protection services across Australia, said that their teams struggled with the large number of animals that had simply perished or had to be humanely euthanized due to exhaustion, animals like joeys from swimming in floodwaters and being swept away. Since February 24, the rescue unit of RSPCA has responded to 827 animal rescue calls, while 861 wildlife patie