China's hospital ship brings medical services to South China Sea islands, reefs

GUANGZHOU, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese naval hospital ship "Silk Road Ark" set sail on Wednesday for the Xisha and Nansha islands, as well as the islands and reefs off the south China coast, to provide mobile medical services.

It is the independently-developed ship's first medical mission since going into service.

With 14 clinical departments, including orthopedics, general surgery, dermatology and gastro