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Overview

Chinese Navy provides free medical services through 'Peace Ark' in Indonesia

Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•IndonesiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•IndonesiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2022
Start (actual)
Nov 11, 2022
End (actual)
Nov 17, 2022

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was to provide free medical services through "Peace Ark", a hospital ship docked in Tanjung Priok Port, Indonesia. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2794303906.

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

  • Chinese Navy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Indonesia

Loan description

Chinese Navy provides free medical services through 'Peace Ark' in Indonesia

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 10, 2022, the Chinese Navy hospital ship "Peace Ark" arrived in Tanjung Priok Port, North District, Jakarta, Indonesia. The ship likely set out on November 1st, 2022 as it took 200 hours to arrive from China. From November 11th to the 17th the ship provided free medical service. This included diagnosis and treatment. The ship treated a total of 13,488 patients and performed 37 operations. Patients included local residents. The ship held 111 medical staff, 14 clinical departments, three auxiliary diagnostic departments, a pharmacy and a shipborne helicopter ambulance. The Peace Ark began its return journey on November 18th and arrived in a military port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province on November 29th. The Peace Ark also held an online seminar with the Indonesian Naval Hospital. This was to conduct joint consultations on on difficult diseases. Medical equipment such as magnetically controlled capsule gastroscopy, ship-specific intravenous anesthesia robots, and new portable capsule endoscopes went abroad with the Peace Ark hospital ship to serve the local people. One couple travelled 4 hours to Tanjung Priok Port to receive treatment. This visit was part of the larger Mission Harmony 2022 and the Peace Ark Indonesia last visited Indonesia as part of Mission Harmony 2013.