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Chinese naval hospital ship completes humanitarian medical assistance mission in Jamaica (Linked to Record ID#39102)

Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•JamaicaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•JamaicaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Oct 29, 2011
Start (actual)
Oct 29, 2011
End (actual)
Nov 4, 2011

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Chinese naval hospital ship completes humanitarian medical assistance mission in Jamaica to Olympic Gardens Health Centre. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/375289093

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Jamaica

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • People's Liberation Army of China (PLA)

Loan desecription

Chinese naval hospital ship completes humanitarian medical assistance mission in Jamaica (Linked to Record ID#39102)

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Project narrative

In 2011, China sent the PLA (People's Liberation Army) Navy hospital ship Peak Ark on a voyage in the Western Hemisphere to provide humanitarian assistance. The Peace Ark traveled through the Caribbean and South America, visiting Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica. It visited Jamaica from October 29 to November 4. During its 7-day stay, the 100-strong health professionals from the ship conducted over 1500 outpatient consultations, 150 physical checks, 29 surgeries, 18 hospitalized treatments, 89 CAT scans, 307 doppler radar scans, 643 ultrasound scans, 258 ECGs and 499 other tests for local Jamaican people and Chinese diaspora in Jamaica. The Olympic Garden Health Center in Kingston was overwhelmed daily by hundreds of local people seeking expedient and quality medical service when a Chinese medical team operated there for 4 days. This project is linked to Record ID#39102, which is an umbrella project capturing information on medical assistance provided to all four countries the Peace Ark visited in the Caribbean.