Chinese Hospital Ship Arrive In Sri Lanka
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s most advanced hospital ship ‘Ark Peace’ will arrive in Sri Lanka today on a goodwill visit.
Issuing a statement, the Chinese Embassy today said the hospital ship would provide medical assistance to Sri Lankans free of charge on August 8.
Issuing a statement, the Chinese Embassy said the hospital ship would provide medical assistance to Sri Lankans free of charge on Tuesday from 9:00 to 11:30am and from 3:00 to 5:30pm
“Upholding the concept of peace, development, cooperation and win-win as well as actively carrying forward international humanitarianism and Nightingale spirit, Ark Peace has been sincerely involved in actions to heal the wounded and rescue the dying, spreading friendship and love,” the statement said.
It said Ark Peace had sailed altogether 170,000 nautical miles for over 13,000 hours, visited 29 countries covering three oceans and five continents and provided medical service to over 120,000 people overseas since her commission in December 2008.
The Chinese PLA Navy’s hospital ship Ark Peace is a 178m-long maritime medical platform designed and built in China.
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