Tiered treatment better serves COVID-19 patients in China's Hunan

STORY: Tiered treatment better serves COVID-19 patients in China's Hunan DATELINE: Jan. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:40 LOCATION: XIANGTAN, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a community healthcare center 2. various of the First People's Hospital of Xiangtan City 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TANG YUFENG, Doctor 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TANG YUFENG, Doctor 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Medical worker STORYLINE: China's health authorities have coordinated medical resources and rolled out targeted response measures to prevent severe illnesses and treat COVID-19 patients in critical conditions. In Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, a tiered diagnosis and treatment system is helping local residents get timely treatment and fast-track referral to upper-level hospitals. 72-year-old Liu Huaying suffered from recurring fever, vomiting and shortness of breath. She first came to a nearby community healthcare center to seek help. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TANG YUFENG, Doctor "Symptoms like shortness of breat

Texas' Irabu hospitalized with chest pains

Texas' Irabu hospitalized with chest pains

MISSOURI, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Hideki Irabu (file photo) was hospitalized July 15 after experiencing chest pains and shortness of breath at a Kansas City hotel in Missouri, baseball sources said. The sources said Irabu, who is in Missouri for a series of games with the Kansas City Royals, underwent emergency treatment at a hospital after small blood clots were discovered in the arteries of his lungs. (MLB)

Texas' Irabu hospitalized with chest pains

Texas' Irabu hospitalized with chest pains

MISSOURI, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Hideki Irabu (file photo) was hospitalized July 15 after experiencing chest pains and shortness of breath at a Kansas City hotel in Missouri, baseball sources said. The sources said Irabu, who is in Missouri for a series of games with the Kansas City Royals, underwent emergency treatment at a hospital after small blood clots were discovered in the arteries of his lungs. (MLB)