Chinese hospital ship safeguards children's health

Chinese naval hospital ship “The Peace Ark” arrived at the capital Port Vila of Vanuatu, the third stop of its Mission Harmony 2023 to five Pacific Island countries - Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and East Timor.

It is safeguarding the health of children during its week-long visit. This is the third time for the ship to visit Vanuatu after the 2014 and 2018 missions. It has 126 medical staffers, and boasts 26 clinical departments and 7 auxiliary departments.

It is capable of carrying out more than 40 kinds of examinations, treatments, and operations in general surgery, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology and other disciplines. Since 2008, the hospital ship has visited 43 countries and regions, provided medical services for more than 250,000 patients and performed more than 1,500 surgeries.