"Peace Ark" provides medical treatment for foreign soldiers (3)

（Xinhua）  08:17, July 16, 2013  

"Not one country can solve the problem around here with the piracy and the unsafety at sea by itself. We all have to work together. In the medical field in our operation we bring a warship to fight piracy. I myself am a doctor. So I bring some medical treatments to my ship. But my possibilities on the warship are very limited. And then it's really good to know that there is a real hospital like this at sea. So I think collaboration is everything in the medical field and in the military field as well. It's very important."

Currently thousands of foreign naval personnel aboard about 20 warships are operating in the Gulf of Aden to ensure the safety of marine transportation in the pirates-plagued waters.

The "Peace Ark" hospital ship is expected to provide any necessary medical services to them at their request.

The "Peace Ark" has over 100 medical staff members onboard.

It carries more than 24-hundred sets of medical equipment with 300 hospital beds and 8 operating rooms.

Leaving its home port in China early June, the ships is scheduled to stay in the Gulf of Aden until the end of July.

After that, it will leave for Pakistan to continue its four-month overseas voyage to provide medical services for local residents.

For CRI, I'm Lucy Du.

(Source:crienglish)