Peace Ark hospital ship treats patients in Jakarta

Peace Ark, the Chinese Navy's hospital ship, has started giving free medical services after docking in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, following a nearly 200-hour voyage.

Among the services it provides are surgeries and diagnoses and treatment of frequently occurring diseases, the People's Liberation Army Navy said in a news release on Friday.

On Friday, the first day of the week of free services, hundreds of local people went to the hospital ship at the wharf in Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port for diagnosis, the Navy said. The following day, four local people underwent surgeries conducted on the vessel by five doctors and three nurses.