Zhang Qin, first right, talks with a hearing impaired patient at Wuhan First Hospital in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province. [Photo by Hu Dongdong for chinadaily.com.cn] Zhang Qin, a medical radiation technologist at Wuhan First Hospital known for helping hearing impaired patients to communicate with doctors, was recently named Most Beautiful Volunteer in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, Changjiang Daily reported. When Zhang first started working in the radiology department, he came across a hearing impaired patient who had trouble understanding the attending doctor accurately. After communicating with the patient using sign language, Zhang helped the doctor diagnose a kidney stone and provided timely treatment for the patient. Such incidents promoted Zhang's good reputation in the local hearing impaired community. Xu Jianrong, who is hearing impaired and a regular patient at the hospital, said she used to struggle when seeing doctors. She said the doctors couldn't understand her hand gestures and it took a lot of time and energy to communicate using paper and pen. As soon as she met Zhang, she kept Wuhan First Hospital as her fix-point hospital. Zhang said he first got interested in sign language while he was studying at Jianghan University. Never did I imagine applying it in my career so soon, he said. For many years, Zhang served as a volunteer translator for hearing impaired patients. In May 2012, the hospital decided to form a sign language volunteer group and nominated Zhang as the leader. The team, made up of medical advisors and nurses, has grown to 60 people. Zhang is writing a handbook, Sign Language Ballet, introducing commonly used gestures for colleagues and volunteers. The book is due to come out later this month. I have always hoped that more and more people would care about the hearing impaired. Writing this book is a dream come true for me, he said. Qiu Weiyi contributed to this story rainbow rubber braceletscustom poker braceletbracelet maker rubberdebossed wristbandfournisseur bracelet silicone
Mohd Hashim bin Abdullah (2nd R), chairman of Malaysia's Election Commission, attends a press conference in Putrajaya, April 10, 2018. Malaysia will hold general elections on May 9, said the Election Commission on Tuesday, days after Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the dissolution of the parliament. [Photo/Xinhua] KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian voters will go to the polls on May 9 in the country's general elections, said the Election Commission of Malaysia on Tuesday, days after Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the dissolution of the parliament. Mohd Hashim bin Abdullah, chairman of Election Commission, at the press conference also announced the nomination date, which falls on April 28. After nomination day, candidates will have 11 days for their campaign. The polling date, a Wednesday, was decided at a previous special meeting chaired by Hashim. He noted that the date was to avoid a clash with major cultural and religious events. Ramadan, a major festive period for the Muslim-majority country, begins on May 15. Hashim said military and police forces as well as voters outside Malaysia could begin early voting on May 5.
