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Seven Uygur children to head to Shenzhen for heart surgery

STORY: Seven Uygur children to head to Shenzhen for heart surgery DATELINE: Sept.22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:27 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Kashgar People's Hospital 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): AYSHAGUL KADIR, Mother of a boy diagnosed with congenital heart disease STORYLINE: Seven children in China's Kashgar will head to the coastal city of Shenzhen to have a heart surgery. They were diagnosed with congenital heart disease during a free screening by doctors from Shenzhen, as part of a medical pairing assistance program for Xinjiang. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): AYSHAGUL KADIR, Mother of a boy diagnosed with congenital heart disease The doctors from Shenzhen gave my son a free medical examination. The doctors are right at our doorstep. We don't have to go to a hospital in a big city. It saves us money and time. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi, China. (XHTV)

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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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Suicide bomb kills 7 in Kabul

STORY: Suicide bomb kills 7 in Kabul DATELINE: March 27, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of suicide bomber blast sites in Kabul, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Seven people including a suicide bomber were killed and several others wounded as the suicide bomber was gunned down by security forces in Police District 2 of Kabul city on Monday, the police of the Afghan capital said. "The suicide bomber, who was approaching a checkpoint in Malik Asghar area on the road leading to the foreign ministry, was identified and gunned down by security forces, but his explosive device exploded, killing six civilians and wounding several others including three security personnel," police spokesman Khalid Zadran told Xinhua. Without providing more details, the spokesman said an investigation was launched into the attack, which took place at around 2:00 p.m. local time. Quoting doctors in Emergency Hospital, a non-government health center in Kabul, local TV channel Ariana New

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Chinese doctors share minimally invasive surgery expertise with PNG counterparts

STORY: Chinese doctors share minimally invasive surgery expertise with PNG counterparts DATELINE: March 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: Port Moresby CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese doctors sharing surgery expertise with PNG counterparts STORYLINE: The 12th Chinese medical team in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has launched the first minimally invasive surgery training program in Port Moresby, capital of the Pacific island country. During the opening ceremony held at Port Moresby General Hospital on Thursday, Chinese doctors from various specialties introduced clinical applications, advantages and recent progress of minimally invasive surgery to their PNG counterparts, and gave hands-on instructions about the use of surgical machines. The China-Papua New Guinea Friendship Center of Minimally Invasive Surgery was inaugurated in December last year, aiming to provide medical services to local people and train local doctors. The training program will last for seven weeks. Xinhua News A

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo performs acupuncture therapy to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 14, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with h

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo performs acupuncture therapy to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with h

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo (R) performs acupuncture therapy with his assistant to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limi

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo plays billiards after work in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his family via mobile phone af

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A patient receives acupuncture therapy at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his family vi

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo performs acupuncture therapy to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with h

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(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo adjusts his outfit before work in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 14, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his family via mobile phon

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Patients wait outside Hao Yabo's consulting room at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo checks a patient's condition at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 14, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his family via

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo (R) has lunch with his colleague in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 14, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his family via mobile ph

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo (R) performs acupuncture therapy with his assistant to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limi

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo (R) performs acupuncture therapy with his assistant to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limi

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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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Emperor's prostate cancer surgery ends

TOKYO, Japan - A team of seven doctors ended a one-day procedure to remove Emperor Akihito's cancerous prostate gland at the University of Tokyo Hospital (in the background) on Jan. 18. The Imperial Household Agency said the 69-year-old emperor was put under general anesthetic for the operation, which involved removing the entire prostate gland.

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Japanese doctors, nurses start treating Salvadorans

SANTIAGO DE MARIA, El Salvador - Yasufumi Asai, one of seven Japanese medical-relief personnel, examines a girl who was injured by the Jan. 13 earthquake, at a hospital in Santiago de Maria, El Salvador, on Jan. 16. Some 300-400 people were killed and thousands were injured in the magnitude 7.6 quake that jolted Central America.

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Indonesian student's aspiration to promote traditional Chinese medicine

STORY: Indonesian student's aspiration to promote traditional Chinese medicine DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Marissa having TCM classes 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARISSA, Student, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MARISSA, Student, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine STORYLINE: Twenty-seven-year-old Marissa is from Indonesia. She has been studying at Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in southwest China's Sichuan Province for five years. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARISSA, Student, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine "Before I learn traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), I thought it was mysterious. For example, doctors could diagnose disease by 'looking, listening, asking and feeling the pulse,' and then judge from the results of this process what was wrong with, for example, the viscera. Now I am learning it and I still think it is amazin

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Ferryboat to round remote islands for vaccinations

A ferryboat used for coronavirus vaccinations for people on remote islands is pictured at a port in the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima on April 13, 2021. Carrying three doctors, the ferry will depart April 26 and round until April 28 seven inhabited islands where no doctors are stationed, with the island closest to the city being about 200 kilometers away.

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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)(Kyodo)

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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)(Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Emperor's prostate cancer surgery ends

TOKYO, Japan - A team of seven doctors ended a one-day procedure to remove Emperor Akihito's cancerous prostate gland at the University of Tokyo Hospital (in the background) on Jan. 18. The Imperial Household Agency said the 69-year-old emperor was put under general anesthetic for the operation, which involved removing the entire prostate gland. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto doctors conduct liver transplant on 6-year-old girl

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University Hospital doctors led by Koichi Tanaka (third from L) carry out a liver transplant on a 6-year-old girl late on March 29, as part of a series of transplants around Japan of organs extracted from a female patient confirmed legally brain-dead March 28 at a Tokyo hospital. The operations, which were successfully completed by the morning of March 30, involved four organs transplanted to seven patients, including two children, at six medical institutions. Kyoto University Hospital released this photo.

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N. Korean mission leaves Japan after medical training

NARITA, Japan - Jon Sun Ok, a member of a North Korean mission, prepares to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on March 7 after undergoing medical training for treating North Korean survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The delegation of seven, including two doctors, visited Hiroshima for training at the Hiroshima Red Cross Atomic Bomb Hospital. They were shown modern medical equipment and held talks with the facility's officials.