http://www.smh.com.au/world/chinese-ship-takes-free-medical-care-to-africa-20101017-16p7m.html
Chinese ship takes free medical care to Africa October 18, 2010 Chinese Navy hospital ship Peace Ark, which is visiting Mombasa. The Chinese Navy hospital ship Peace Ark offered free medical attention to Kenyans while it visited Mombasa. The ship, with a crew of 428 officers, marines and medical staff, is on a goodwill tour called Mission Harmony 2010. The vessel left China on August 31, and visited Djibouti before stopping in Kenya. The 20,000-tonne ship, which has has 500 beds and eight operating theatres, will go on to Tanzania, the Seychelles and Bangladesh, providing free medical help to people in the ports it visits. The goodwill visit comes as China invests heavily across Africa in energy, infrastructure and financial services. A Chinese doctor interviews Kenyans waiting to receive free medical attention. It has also committed to set up 100 rural schools in the next three years and offers 4000 Chinese government scholarships to African students per year. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
