Chinese, US naval hospital ships conduct exchange

Updated: 2014-07-30 02:49

(China Daily USA)

Chinese, US naval hospital ships conduct exchange

Sun Tao (front right), head of the hospital on Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy hospital ship Peace Ark, poses for photo after granting two US Navy medical officers who had interned on the Chinese ship. Peace Ark and US Navy hospital ship Mercy have conducted extensive exchanges since the Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC) started on June 26 in and off the Hawaii Islands. Just on July 24, three US Navy medical officers returned to Mercy after visiting Peace Ark for three days. They are the first hospital ships participating in the RIMPAC since the world’s largest naval drill began in 1971. [Ju Zhenhua for China Daily]