Characteristics and Advantages of Hospital Ship
Hospital Ship
Hospital ship is an unarmed ship with sub-specialty hospital equipment and technical force mainly for war wound surgery. It is used for early or specialized treatment of the sick and wounded on the ocean. Full load displacement of about 10,000 tons, self-sufficient. According to the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea of 1949, the hospital hull is painted white above the waterline, marked on both sides or decks with the Red Cross, Red Crescent, or Red Lion and the Day, and flying the flag of the country and the Red Cross flag on a white background, and is immune from attack and capture under any circumstances.
The entire ship's staff carries internationally recognized identification cards and wears special armbands. The ship is equipped with specialized treatment facilities, good living facilities, and a variety of life-saving equipment and devices. In the middle of the ship there are operating rooms, X-ray rooms, examination rooms, rescue rooms and so on. Infectious disease rooms and morgues are provided at the stern of the ship, with independent ventilation and dirt disposal devices.
Hospital ships were applied to rescue and life-saving at sea during the First World War. At that time, due to the absence of treaty restrictions, the hospital ship still has a certain degree of danger, so the belligerent countries medical ship is mainly used for battlefield rescue and transportation of the sick and wounded to the rear base. During the Second World War, the emergence of a regular hospital ship, equipped with a variety of medical equipment, with the ability to battlefield rescue and ambulance, in the sea health services play an important role in security.