China's hospital ship provides healthcare services for Djibouti residents

Medical teams aboard the Chinese navy hospital ship "Peace Ark", currently on the "Mission Harmony-2024", have been delivering high-quality health-care services to locals in Djibouti since the ship's arrival on Friday.

At around 10:00 local time on Saturday, the hospital's endocrinology department admitted a 66-year-old woman who had been suffering from a long-standing ulcer on her left foot. After reviewing her medical history and symptoms, the doctor diagnosed her with type 2 diabetes complicated by a foot ulcer. Following a series of physical examinations, the doctor provided appropriate symptomatic treatment for her.

"We rely on the hospital ship's joint diagnosis and treatment mechanism, which involves the endocrinology, ultrasound, and dermatology departments. This approach avoids repeated medical visits and tests for the patient, offering better health plans for managing her diabetes and preventing further complications," said Zhang Keming, a doctor on the Mission Harmony-2024.

Eighty-year-old Martina, accompanied by her son, also sought treatment there. Martina had been nearly blind in her left eye for the past three months. After a thorough examination, the ophthalmologist successfully performed cataract surgery on Saturday evening.

During the Mission Harmony-2024, the Peace Ark hospital ship has helped restore eyesight to nearly 200 African cataract patients, bringing hope to local communities.

"On our first day of medical services, we screened four patients who were blinded by cataracts and met the surgical criteria. Martina was the oldest among them. Our greatest wish for this mission is to help more African patients regain their sight," said Gao Yu, another doctor on the mission.

The Peace Ark docked at the Djibouti Port on Friday to begin a seven-day friendly visit while providing medical services. This marks the third visit to Djibouti by the hospital ship, following its previous visits in 2010 and 2017 as part of the Mission Harmony.

China's hospital ship provides healthcare services for Djibouti residents

Nicaragua's co-foreign minister Valdrack Jaentschke has warned that militarism must never be allowed to rise again, as Japan's recent moves to lift its arms export ban and revise the pacifist Constitution continue to draw international concern.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, where Japan's Class-A war criminals from World War II were brought to justice.

In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Valdrack Jaentschke voiced his concern that today's world order is being undermined by interventionism and other challenges.

"It is necessary for us to remember that after the end of World War II, countries worked hard to build a new international order based on international law. However, regrettably, more than 80 years later, we are seeing that this once explored and attempted order is being challenged by interventionism, a confrontational mindset, and tendencies like 'might makes right.' These are precisely the conditions that gave rise to fascism and militarism in the past, which ultimately led to the tragedy of World War II," he said.

He said the international community has a responsibility to pursue a new international order -- one fundamentally grounded in peace.

"Looking back at the history more than eight decades ago and comparing it with today's reality, it is our responsibility to recognize that the world should, and must, build a new international order that is more just, fairer, rooted in international law, based on a logic of mutual benefit and shared success, and fundamentally grounded in peace," said the minister.

"Today, as we revisit the Tokyo Trials, it is meant to remind the world that such a tragedy must never be repeated -- and that we must do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again. We must stop that dark world -- born from militarism, interventionism, and fascism -- from ever returning," he said.

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