STORY: Female Chinese doctors on aid missions extend wishes on Mother's Day
SHOOTING TIME: May 2024
DATELINE: May 13, 2024
LENGTH: 0:02:25
LOCATION: Tarawa and Port Moresby
CATEGORY: HEALTH

SHOTLIST:
1. Voice of Zhao Shanshan, a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Kiribati
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese):
3. Voice of Bao Yiming, a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Papua New Guinea
4. Voice of Zhao Yuying, a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Kiribati
5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese):
6. Voice of Bao Yiming,  a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Papua New Guinea
7. Voice of Zhao Shanshan, a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Kiribati
8. Voice of Zhao Yuying, a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Kiribati

STORYLINE:

Tungaru Central Hospital
Kiribati
     
Voice of Zhao Shanshan, a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Kiribati
"May 12, 2024, marks my 156th day of working in Kiribati. My name is Zhao Shanshan. I'm 35 years old and an anesthesiologist from the Second Hospital of Shandong University. I'm also a mother of a 6-year-old child. This is my first Mother's Day away from my kid."

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese):
"Happy Mother's Day!
Thank you!"

Port Moresby General Hospital
Papua New Guinea
     
Voice of Bao Yiming, a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Papua New Guinea
"My name is Bao Yiming. I'm a gynecologist from Chongqing University Three Gorges Hospital. I'm also a mother of two children. I came to work as a foreign aid doctor in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in October 2023. This is the longest time for me to be apart from my kids since they were born, and it's also the first Mother's Day that my children and I spend separately."

Tungaru Central Hospital
Kiribati

Voice of Zhao Yuying, a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Kiribati
"My name is Zhao Yuying. I'm 36 years old. I come from Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Dezhou Hospital. I arrived in Kiribati on December 9, 2023, for a one-year foreign medical aid mission. I'm currently engaged in the work of imaging diagnosis in the Radiology Department of Tungaru Central Hospital. This is also the first year I can not celebrate Mother's Day with my child and my mom."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese):
"Mom, Happy Mother's Day! I wish you good health and all the best!"

Voice of Bao Yiming,  a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Papua New Guinea
"The health and medical situation in Papua New Guinea is still very poor. Over the past 22 years, Chongqing has sent 13 medical teams and donated medical equipment to Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the Chinese medical teams shared their own advanced technical and medical experience with local medical staff as much as possible."

Voice of Zhao Shanshan, a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Kiribati
"In addition to the lack of medical equipment and medicine in Tungaru Central Hospital, the number of local doctors is inadequate. We have undertaken most of the work in our department, spent weekends providing free medical services for local villagers, and went to schools for lectures as well as donating supplies for them Although I'm far away from my kid, I can help more children in Kiribati."

Voice of Zhao Yuying, a doctor of the Chinese medical team in Kiribati
"The living and medical conditions in Kiribati are very harsh, but I'm still proud to have the opportunity to come here and help the children here. As Mother's Day approaches, I want to wish good health and happiness to my mother and all the mothers around the world."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tarawa and Port Moresby.
(XHTV)