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09-13-2004 17:21

A ship carrying a team of Chinese medical workers and nine types of military medical equipment set sail for Africa on February 17 to join the UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The medical team, dispatched at the request of the UN, has the capability of treating 40 people and doing 4 major operations a day. To meet the demand, the team has to have enough medical equipment as well as expertise.

"The nine types of equipment the team carry will not disappoint them", military medical experts said with confidence. All of the nine medical equipment, developed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army, have reached the advanced international level and won high praises from the UN.

Among the 9 facilities, field ambulances, epidemic prevention truck and field medical kits are the three most important ones for the team to carry out their mission, according to Zhang Kai, commissar of the Sanitary Equipment Research Institute under the Academy of Military Medical Sciences.

The field ambulances, with strong cross-county capability, can quickly carry two wounded persons and one medical worker to the nearest hospital, winning time for treatment. The medical workers can also make emergency treatment on the wounded on the ambulances.

The epidemic prevention truck can be used to disinfect the room, preventing the soldiers, civilians from being infected. The field medical kits are easy to carry and can be unfolded to serve as operating platforms in an emergency.

The equipment also include those that can test the quality of water and food.

 

Editor:Du Xiaodan