Project ID: 1277

Chinese Peace Ark offers free medical service to Kenya

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

People's Liberation Army of China [Government Agency]

Recipient

Kenya

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2010-01-01

Actual start

2010-10-13

Actual complete

2010-10-18

Description

On October 13, 2010, the Chinese Navy Peace Ark Hospital Ship arrived in the Kenyan port of Mombasa. The ship, with 428 soldiers, officers and medical workers aboard, stayed in Mombasa for 5 days with the crew offering free medical services including diagnosis and treatment at the Kenya Red Cross Unit. The ship is equipped with a rescue helicopter, 300 hospital beds, 428 medical doctors, nurses and supporting staff from 32 medical departments including ICU, emergency treatment, internal medicine, surgery, respiratory, ophthalmology, neurology, dermatology, radiology, blood transfusion, traditional Chinese treatment, and more. The monetary value of the aid is unknown.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Kenya [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

People's Liberation Army of China [Government Agency]