The Chinese Navy hospital ship Peace Ark has returned home after offering diagnosis and treatment to more than 13,000 patients in Indonesia during its seven-day mission, according to the Chinese Navy.

The mission The week-long Harmony-2022 ran from Nov. 10 to Thursday, during which a total of 37 surgeries were performed on the hospital ship, the Navy said in a news release Friday, adding that the maritime hospital has also witnessed success. birth of an Indonesian baby, the seventh birth on the Ark of Peace since its commissioning in 2008.In addition, experts from the Ark of Peace have organized online university seminars with experts from the Indonesian Naval Hospital and conducted a joint online consultation on difficult diseases with experts from several countries, according to the statement.After the departure ceremony on Friday morning, the Ark of Peace also conducted exercises with the Indonesian Navy’s KRI Semarang hospital ship on topics including joint communication, lighting and signaling, and formation navigation, the navy added. Peace Ark is the first Chinese Army hospital ship and has a displacement of over 10,000 metric tons. In addition to the trip to Indonesia, he has engaged in nine overseas missions, covering approximately 240,000 nautical miles and serving more than 230,000 people in 43 countries and regions around the world.