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Chinese medical team leaves for West Africa to help in the fight against Ebola
A team of more than 200 medical staff from China's People's Liberation Army left for West Africa on Friday to help in the fight against Ebola.
The team, which included health officials and staff from several military hospitals in...
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Doctors to march against reforms on Sunday as part of first mass social protest in nearly a decade
Since Hospital 11 in Moscow was ordered to be shut down and hundreds of doctors were faced with redundancy, Dr. Semyon Galperin's office has become a magnet for disgruntled medics who have found themselves on the receiving end of the...
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Italian heart surgeons assist Palestinian doctors
1. Exterior of Shifa Hospital
2. Hospital sign
3. Various of child laying in ICCU bed being connected to a respiratory machine
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Kamel Abu Qassem, head of the open heart surgery department at Shifa hospital:
"The...
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Surgeons remove 232 "teeth-like structures" from mouth of teenager
An Indian boy was recovering in Mumbai on Friday after surgeons removed 232 "teeth-like structures" from his mouth.
Ashik Gavai was suffering from a condition known as 'Complex Odontoma,' which is considered relatively rare and occurs...
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Vietnamese girl with 16-pound facial tumour awaits surgery
1. Walk in shot of Lai Thi Dao with her family
2. Mid of family with doctor
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jesus Gomez, doctor:
"She was found in the mountains of Vietnam. She had been with no treatment for the last 10 years. Something that...
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Scores await treatment as cholera epidemic spreads; presser; Preval
L'Estere - 23 October 2010
1. Wide of bridge over the Artibonite river, where people infected with cholera got their water
2. Close of the dirty looking Artibonite river water
3. Pan of queue of people leading up to hospital
4. Mid of...
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Various - Demand for impotency pill
Viagra, the revolutionary treatment for male impotence, is currently only on sale in two European countries - Switzerland and San Marino.
Although Viagra costs around $450 for 25 tablets, demand is huge and this could be the fastest...
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A neurosurgeon from Columbia University Medical Center explains the risks Senator Edward Kennedy faces as he undergoes surgery after being diagnosed last month with a lethal type of brain tumor
HEADLINE: Q-and-A: Kennedy's brain surgery
CAPTION: A neurosurgeon from Columbia University Medical Center explains the risks Senator Edward Kennedy faces as he undergoes surgery after being diagnosed last month with a lethal type of...
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WRAP Fire at drug treatment hospital kills 45 people ADDS more sots
1. Wide of fire engines parked in hospital compound
2. Medium of firefighters at scene
3. Small fire engine
4. Yuri Nenashev, Russia's chief fire inspector talking on mobile phone
5. Wide of crews near hospital compound
6. SOUNDBITE:...
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Enriched food helping malnourished children
Sekota
1. Various of severely malnourished children in hospital near Sekota
2. Various of enriched food product called plumpynut being distributed and fed to children at outpatient therapeutic feeding centre
3. SOUNDBITE: (Amharic) ...
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US military engineers assess site for new 25-bed hospital unit to treat ebola patients
With a shortage of hospital beds for Ebola patients in West Africa growing increasingly urgent, a team of US Navy engineers on Saturday graded a site for the construction of a 25-bed hospital unit close to Liberia's main airport.
The...
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+4:3 Husband reacts after at least 12 women die after sterilisation surgery
The husband of one of the 12 women who died following sterilisation in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, said on Wednesday that he wants the doctor responsible for the death of his wife to be brought to account.
At least 12 women...
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Father of paralysed Palestinian girl fight for Israeli care
Jerusalem, 26 August 2007
1. Mariya Aman on wheelchair entering treatment room
2. Close up of Mariya Aman colouring in drawing with her mouth
3. Zoom out from Hamdee Aman, father of Mariya, to medium of Mariya using pen with her mouth...
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Exhibition explores Jerusalem's medical potions and cures over 4,000 years
Imagine a time when it was impossible to pop a pill to relieve your headache or stomach upset.
An exhibition in Jerusalem takes visitors on a journey of ancient medicine and healing, and explores the history of medicine in the Old...
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Interview with lawyer of ex-Iraqi deputy premier Tariq Aziz on medical treatment
Baghdad, April 11 2006
1. Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz''s lawyer Badie Aref Izzat arriving
2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Badie Aref Izzat, Tariq Aziz''s Lawyer:
''''It''s not just Russia, there are other European states,...
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Various - Demand for impotency pill
Viagra, the revolutionary treatment for male impotence, is currently only on sale in two European countries - Switzerland and San Marino.
Although Viagra costs around $450 for 25 tablets, demand is huge and this could be the fastest...
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Indonesia signs deal with US drug company to produce bird flu vaccine
1. Wide of signing ceremony between Indonesian government and US drug manufacturer Baxter Healthcare Corp.
2. Close-up of president of Baxter vaccine unit, Kim C. Bush's hands as he signs
3. Mid of Bush and Triono Soendoro - the head of...
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Countryside sees worst of cholera epidemic
1. Mid of motorcycle carrying cholera patient arriving at clinic
2. Mid of two men lifting the patient off the motorcycle
3. Wide of men carrying patient into a provisional cholera treatment centre
4. Pan left of cholera treatment...
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Coalition forces provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Aroki Village, Kapisa Province
1. Wideshot villagers stand waiting in field
2. Close up boys in crowd
3. US army Chinook helicopter landing
4. US soldiers walking away from helicopter
5. Wide pan of field hospital area
6. Pan of...
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RUSSIA: GOVERNMENT'S SPENDING CRISIS FREEZES SCIENTIFIC FUNDING
English/Nat
The Russian government's spending crisis has frozen scientific funding across Russia, paralysing research in many fields, not least medicine.
The crisis has crippled work on a drug which Russian scientists are convinced could...
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NEWS FEATURE Iraqi doctors learn from experiences of Bosnian War
Tuzla, 24 October 2007
1. Wide of exterior of clinic in Tuzla
2. Close-up of windows of the clinic
3. Wide of group of Iraqi doctors arriving at the clinic
4. Pan right of Iraqi doctors arriving at lecture inside the clinic
5. Mid of...
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4:3 Kirkuk hit by shortage of medicine after security situation deteriorates
Residents in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, were facing soaring prices of medication and shortage of stock on Saturday after security on roads deteriorated following the takeover of major Iraqi cities by Islamic extremists.
Main roads of...
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Wounded Syrians risk retribution for seeking treatment across border
1. Mid of nurses helping injured 12-year-old Syrian girl in hospital bed
2. Close up of nurse
3. Mid of nurse covering girl's broken leg with a blanket
4. Bedside hospital monitoring equipment
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) no name given to...
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California GOP Senate challenger Carly Fiorina is in the hospital to be treated for an infection associated with her reconstructive surgery after breast cancer.
HEADLINE: Calif. Senate candidate Fiorina hospitalized
CAPTION: California GOP Senate challenger Carly Fiorina is in the hospital to be treated for an infection associated with her reconstructive surgery after breast cancer....