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>> [Music] For generations,
we dreamed about a place

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to live and work in space.

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A place where life up there
would benefit life down here.

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Today, that dream has come true.

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Research on the International
Space Station improves lives all

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over the world.

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The Station's benefits
for humanity grow everyday

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and they can be told by the
lives that have been changed.

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[ Music ]

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>> [Foreign Language Spoken].

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>> Minas Gerais is
a large state.

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Our territory is about the
size of France and we consist

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of 853 units and municipalities.

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There are large distances
between our communities

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and many very isolated
rural communities.

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>> [Foreign Language Spoken]

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>> We are using new technology
that impacts the quality

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of prenatal care and
the diagnostic capacity

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of the primary care doctor

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in the situations involving
distant isolated communities.

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[ Music ]

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>> Providing medical care for
people in remote locations

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like distant rural communities

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or the International Space
Station can be difficult

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because trained medical
perssonel are not

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always available.

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NASA research teams
developed techniques

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that enable astronauts
aboard the Space Station

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with minimal training to operate
an ultrasound device using a

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simple printed guide.

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The ultrasound images are
transmitted in real time

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to a doctor back on earth who
can make medical decisions

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without actually being
aboard the Station.

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These same techniques
have been adapted for use

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with portable ultrasound
devices in communities

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where expert medical care
is not always available.

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[ Music ]

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>> [Foreign language spoken].

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>> My name is Joaquim de Diniz.

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I'm a doctor in the
town of Manga.

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In Manga people live
with a particularity

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and that is isolation.

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>> [Foreign language spoken].

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>> We have a geographical
barrier

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that is the Sao Francisco
River which is both a blessing

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for the region but
it also isolates us.

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>> [Foreign language spoken].

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>> We live in a region where
financial resources are few.

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People do not have a lot of
work but they are honest,

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good people who do not
have much opportunity.

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So there are many needy people
who need these resources

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and rely only on
this institution

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to provide assistance.

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>> [Foreign language spoken].

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>> This is a technology that
helps us solve many problems.

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[ Music ]

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>> [Foreign language spoken].

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>> There was a case of a
patient who came to the hospital

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with severe respiratory failure

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and the people realized
she would die

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in just 20 to 30 minutes.

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We ran and we talked with Dr.
Prazelli who was training us

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to use the ultrasound.

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He came and applied
the ultrasound

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and discovered large
amounts of fluid

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around her lungs and heart.

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We performed a procedure
and drained a lot of fluid.

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In 20 minutes, 10 minutes the
woman immediately experienced an

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improvement and in half an
hour was already walking.

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It was like a miracle.

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Arise and walk.

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She was dying in front of us

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without people knowing
what was happening.

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This ultrasound was instrumental

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in saving the life
of that patient.