The Chinese navy hospital ship Ark Peace will visit Dominica on October 12 through 19.
This will be the first time for Ark Peace to visit Dominica which is the 39th country to be visited.
During the visit, the mission commanders will pay courtesy calls on the senior government officials of Dominica. Hospital ship Ark Peace will offer free medical services to the local people and staff of Chinese-funded institutions, including exchange activities, such as medical training, public ship tour and cultural entertainment.
Ark Peace set sail from Zhoushan, China on June 28 to carry out Mission Harmony – 2018.
Dominica is the 7th stop of the current mission.
This mission is the concrete practice of carrying forward international humanitarianism and disseminating the idea of peace, development, cooperation and win-win as well, which will be conducive to enhance the friendly relationship between China and Dominica and the two peoples as well.
The Chinese navy hospital ship Ark Peace is a large maritime medical platform designed and built in China. She was commissioned in December 2008 with pennant number 866. The ship boasts a length of 178 meters, a beam of 24 meters and an air draught of 35.5 meters.
She is in possession of 8 levels and a full displacement of 14,300 tons. The 4,000㎡ hospital ship is separated into five main areas respectively for casualty transfer, triage, outpatient, inpatient and evacuation.
Over the past 10 years since she was commissioned, Ark Peace has sailed altogether 215,000 nautical miles, visited 38 countries and provided medical services for more than 200,000 people, therefore, she has opened a window for the world to learn about China and is commended as a vivid name card of China in the new era.
1. What does the hospital ship’s name signify?
Ark Peace is a ship of peace, a ship of life and a ship of friendship as well.
2. What are the major tasks of the hospital ship?
Ark Peace primarily assumes the missions of treating and transferring the casualty at sea during wartime, and during peacetime, carrying out international humanitarian medical services, providing emergency medical rescue in the event of major disasters, conducting military medical exchanges and cooperation with foreign countries as well as offering medical services to inhabitants and military personnel on islands. Thus the ship has been praised as the Ark of Life.
3. What are the features of the hospital ship?
Ark Peace is characterized by five items as follow.
First, outstanding ocean-going rescue capability: Ark Peace has outstanding seaworthiness and maneuverability with an endurance of 30 days and nights, 12-grade wind-proof capability and maximum speed of 20 knots. She boasts great ocean-going capability and is capable of conducting difficult surgical operations at rough sea.
Second, diversified methods of casualty transfer: Ark Peace is equipped with two landing craft, two high-speed craft and six enclosed lifeboats. She has flexible transfer capabilities by means of helicopter, hanging basket, gangway and alongside transfer gear as well, which ensure that the sick and wounded can be effectively and expeditiously received, transferred and evacuated.
Third, fully-equipped medical facilities: Ark Peace boasts 8 clean operating rooms, 300 sickbeds, 7 medical staff offices, 8 nurse stations and 18 consulting rooms, including severe burn wards, ICU, DR room, CT room, dental clinic, special examination room, blood preparation room as well as laboratory and medical information center, etc. with 249 types of medical devices (a total of 2,666 sets), meeting the requirements of being advanced and practical.
Fourth, advanced supporting systems: With the help of telemedicine system, medical LAN system and video monitoring system, medical staff are able to perform sophisticated surgical operation at sea.
The medical area adopts a separate clean air conditioning system. The medical waste and sewage disposal system can incinerate and pack solid wastes, filter and purify medical sewage to meet the requirements of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea.
Fifth, capable medical staff: Medical staff are arranged as per different missions, covering surgery, internal medicine, gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, stomatology and traditional Chinese medicine as well. All doctors, who are in possession of attending physician qualification and abundant clinical experiences, are from the teaching hospitals affiliated to Naval Medical University of the Chinese navy.
4. Where is the home port of the hospital ship?
It is located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province in China.
5. How many times has the hospital ship carried out Mission Harmony?
This is the 7th time for Ark Peace to carry out Mission Harmony medical services. Previously, she has ever been to 5 countries in Asia and Africa in 2010, 4 countries in Latin America in 2011, 8 countries in Asia in 2013, 4 countries in the South Pacific in 2014 as well as 8 countries in the rim of the Pacific in 2015 and 8 countries in Asia and Africa in 2017 for visit and medical services.
6. How will the hospital ship provide gratis medical services?
Ark Peace will offer gratis consultation and treatment (including diagnosis, examination, surgical operation, inpatient as well as medicine and food) to local people onboard the hospital ship as the major platform. In the meantime, several on-site medical teams will be dispatched to both military and civilian hospitals, barracks, schools, communities, villages, orphanages and homes for the elders as well for free medical services, so as to benefit more local people.
The United States of America sent a hospital ship to Dominica; as they has done for more than a hundred years sending medical services to the unfortunate around the world. In my short years of living this is the first time and only place on earth I see a white boat said to be a Chines medical hospital.
When the American Military Hospital visited Dominica, some claimed they would experiment on Dominicans; I think this is the time to to worry that our people life might be in danger!
Let us not forget that in the 1980’s the Chines gave Radiator Coolant to children in Haiti and in Africa to drink as cough medication, killing thousands of children!
Chines medicine and their doctors, and medical treatment is the one to fear, not American medical practices, and medication prescribe
He will give the Ross buildings to China for a Chinese army barracks and open Portsmouth harbor to a Chinese navy base. Soon you will see China army and Navy roaming around Roseau. The Chinese would like nothing better than to have a military base right in the middle of the Caribbean island chain compliments of the Dominica government.
If they serious about peace they would be busy helping folks affected ny Tsunami in Indonesia. This is nothing more than fight for world dominance and Dominica is offering path to the west. Let us not be fooled or naive here.
Workers supporters and their party is as bad as cancer and even worse with the craps they comes out with like clowns.
We need to stop Skerrit from having these Chinese ships ‘visiting’ Dominica. First it will be hospital ships then it will be warships. Remember, first they send us ambulances thereafter ‘military aid’. Skerrit needs to be stoped because the next step in friendship with the Chinese won’t be a pleasant one for the citizens of Dominica. Skerrit is planning to take over Dominica by force and make it an oversees enclave for the Chinese. People please wake up before it is too late!!
Wtf is wrong with you Dominicans? None of y’all mentioned how much this ship coming here will help the people. Y’all some ungrateful spiteful bitter people. I know plenty locals that need this help but allu political back biting trolls can’t see that. Im sick of hearing from yall
You want medical help from this ship? Good luck to you. I for one won’t go anywhere near to it. I don’t want help from any communist country or institution. I rather use my savings and go to Martinique.
So 18 years ago Skerrit and Savarin burried Rosie Doglas who brought them over to the DLP and yesterday October 1, on the 18th anniversary of Rosie’s death Skerrit rushed to the parliament to elect the once hater and destroyer of the DLP, Charles Angello Savarin, president of that same DLP, as if Skerrit and Savarin did not want us to remember the sad and strange death of Rosie Douglas. So today laborites clapping and celebrating Charles Savarin as president. But as a labourite I will not forget the strange passing and funeral of Rosie and I should be add Pierro. But Skerrit and Savarin burried both of them. My question to fellow laborites is, why was Skerrit so busy to rush yesterday to make Savarin president, on Rosie’s anniversary? Was it a reward to Charlo for some gifts on a platter.? I just asking this time because yesterday seemed like a very important date for Skerrit and Chalo. Is that why Skerro rushed Chalo? Didn’t Rosie died one day after visiting China?
Notice, not the US.
I guess your memory is blurred,before Maria they were,Skerrit has fools like you fooled to the brim,The Chinese and Russians will be taking over Dominica very soon.
First it was Chinese army vehicles and weapons of war. Now is their Navy ship. Are they preparing for war? I hope the US is taking note
I know for a fact that the person who sworn in today will be onboard for check up like the last medical ship that was there.
However, we welcome it thanks.
Skerrit’s Health Report Card For Dominica::::
P M H. Grade F
Marigot Hospital. Grade F
Roseau Hospital at Gardens F
Grandbay Hospital. U (Ungraded)
Laplaine U
Reginald Armour U
Others F
This showman is,and has been a disgrace to leadership.He destroys or botches everything he touches? Is his hands blessed or cursed? He is no better than a grade 6slow student.
So inept on matters of health that Ross,Ross,Ross a business which contributed 30% to our GDP had to leave island .Thanks God the lazy idiotic showman will be kick out soon by the electorate.
Skerrit Must Go
Skerrit Must Go
Lazy Skerrit Must Go Now