Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-31

Navy Hospital Ship 'Silk Road Ark' Sets Sail to Carry Out 'Healthcare to the Maritime Frontier' (健康送海疆) Mission

海军“丝路方舟”号医院船起航执行“健康送海疆”任务

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5月31日，中国海军“丝路方舟”号医院船从广东湛江某军港解缆起航，赴南海及华南沿海岛礁执行“健康送海疆”任务。这是医务人员在码头集结登船。新华社发（张东杰摄）新华社广州5月31日电（刘一诺、唐磊）中国海军“丝路方舟”号医院船5月31日从广东湛江某军港解缆起航，赴南海及华南沿海岛礁执行“健康送海疆”任务。这次任务重点针对岛礁官兵常见的颈肩腰腿痛、皮肤病、慢性病等，配备中西医诊疗设备与常用药物，组建多学科医疗服务队，同步搭载文艺骨干，实现“医疗服务+文化慰问”双重保障。任务期间，医院船将采取“上船诊疗+登岛巡诊+上门送医相结合”的方式，为驻岛官兵及家属提供免费问诊、体格检查、中医理疗、手术治疗、健康宣教等服务，同步开展海上伤员救治演练、卫生骨干帮带、医疗设备检修等工作。 “丝路方舟”号是我国自主设计建造的第二艘万吨级远洋医院船。这是该船自2024年入列以来第三次执行“健康送海疆”任务。 5月31日，中国海军“丝路方舟”号医院船从广东湛江某军港解缆起航，赴南海及华南沿海岛礁执行“健康送海疆”任务。这是医务人员在码头登船。新华社发（张东杰摄） 5月31日，中国海军“丝路方舟”号医院船从广东湛江某军港解缆起航，赴南海及华南沿海岛礁执行“健康送海疆”任务。这是医务人员在码头集结。新华社发（张东杰摄） 5月31日，中国海军“丝路方舟”号医院船从广东湛江某军港解缆起航，赴南海及华南沿海岛礁执行“健康送海疆”任务。这是医务人员在码头集结登船。新华社发（何可欣摄） 5月31日，中国海军“丝路方舟”号医院船从广东湛江某军港解缆起航，赴南海及华南沿海岛礁执行“健康送海疆”任务（无人机照片）。新华社发（张东杰摄）

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The PLA Navy hospital ship *Silk Road Ark* departed Zhanjiang, Guangdong, on May 31 for its third 'Healthcare to the Maritime Frontier' mission since commissioning in 2024, bound for South China Sea islands and reefs to provide garrison personnel and family members with free medical services via onboard treatment, island patrol visits, and door-to-door delivery, while also conducting casualty treatment drills and medical equipment maintenance. The mission documents a recurring logistical challenge the PLA has institutionalized rather than solved: South China Sea garrison personnel face chronic musculoskeletal and dermatological conditions that require periodic shipborne medical intervention, indicating that fixed medical infrastructure on the islands and reefs remains insufficient to sustain garrison health without supplemental support. The 'Silk Road Ark's' three deployments in roughly one year of service extend the pattern established by its predecessor and confirm that the Southern Theater Navy has embedded this welfare-and-readiness function into the ship's operational tempo from the outset.

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