Navy medics safegard sailors' health for escort mission

2009-12-03 16:03 BJT

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Nurse Shao Xiaoqin (front left) and deputy physician Sheng Ruifang (front right)
on the ship "Zhoushan", part of the Chinese navy third escort formation, at a
China-Russia joint naval ceremony held in the Gulf of Aden on September 10. On
November 29, the two guided missile frigates "Zhoushan" and "Xuzhou" of the
Chinese navy third escort formation officially bid farewell to Gulf of Aden
and embarked on a return voyage to the motherland. Seven female soldiers on the
escort formation expedition returned home with the ship.During the 4-month escort,
they provided reliable medical care to safeguard the health of escorting officers
and men, who affectionately call them "patron saints" of health.