Mercy Ships takes possession of its first purpose-built floating hospital, the Global Mercy
Mercy Ships has taken possession of its first purpose-built ship, the Global Mercy, described as the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, at a shipyard in China. The 12 deck ship, which features six operating theatres, 200 hospital beds and a full lab, is scheduled to sail to Europe in July where it will be outfitted […]
Hospital ship charity reaches milestone of 100,000 free surgical procedures
Hospital ship charity Mercy Ships passed a significant milestone on Monday: a team aboard its flagship Africa Mercy carried out the Christian organisation’s 100,000th free surgical procedure. Docked for a 10 month stay in the west African nation of Guinea, the milestone was passed when Australian plastic surgeon David Chong performed a cleft lip correction on […]