Afterthoughts on hospital ship during Harmony Mission-2015 oversea medical service

VernacularTitle:“和谐使命-2015”任务医院船海外医疗服务的实践与思考
Author: Tao SUN ; Shan ZHOU ; Zhihui WANG ; Xin LI ; Shixia XU ; Lidong HE
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: naval medicine; harmony mission; hospital ship; medical service; rescue; exercise
From: Military Medical Sciences 2016;40(3):171-174
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: On Sept 7, 2015, Chinese hospital ship Ark Peace left its home-port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, forHarmony Mission-2015, the fifth in a series of annual international humanitarian and free medical assistance endeavors by the PLA Navy.This mission lasted 142 days, involving a visit to Malaysia and participation in Peace Friendship-2015 exercise,before she was dispatched to seven countries (regions) including Australia, Polynesia, USA, Mexico, Barbados, Grenada, Peru and provided a wide range of medical , humanitarian assistance to the last four countries .A total of 12 589 patients were treated on the main platform , 4852 patients by the 29 fore-lying medical corps , 59 surgeries performed , 46 patients hospitalized ,and 7130 CT and DR et al auxiliary examinations conducted during four mission stops .We organized academic exchanges , visits and interviews , get-togethers , dynamic and static exhibitions in each country .The experience from Harmony mission-2015is of great significance for such tasks in the future .