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MV Africa Mercy is a 152 m (498 ft 8 in), 16,572 GT hospital ship belonging to the humanitarian organization Mercy Ships. [1] Converted from the rail ferry MS Dronning Ingrid in 2007, she is currently the world's second largest non-governmental floating hospital, following the organization's newest and largest ship, the MV Global Mercy.
The Surgery Ship is an Australian documentary film (2013) directed by Madeleine Hetherton-Miau, and a documentary television series (2016) of the same name directed by Alex Barry, both based on the real-life events filmed on board the hospital ship the "Africa Mercy".
Mercy Ships: MV Africa Mercy: Converted 2007 82 5 operating theaters, 1 intensive care unit, 1 ophthalmic unit, a CT scanner, x-ray, laboratories [27] MV Global Mercy: 2022 199 6 operating theatres, 102 acute care beds, 7 ICU beds, and 90 self-care beds.
Floating hospital Africa Mercy sails from Tenerife bound for Lomé, Togo on the west coast of Africa. On arrival the medical staff provide treatments to Togolese patients both on-board the ship and within clinics set-up onshore, whilst mechanics ensure the ship remains serviceable.
The first of ten episodes was broadcast 8 April 2010. It is about eight-year-old Fride Tvedt, living on the hospital ship MS Africa Mercy. The ship sails along the coast of West Africa in a humanitarian effort for the Christian organization Mercy Ships. Fride's father is a dentist and her mother is a nurse. Fride's older brother and sister also ...
MV Diamond Falcon : unknown (unknown) Capture failed: 2009-03-14: unknown: Capture failed: The 22,500-ton Vietnamese cargo ship MV Diamond Falcon was attacked by pirates who used two small boats, in the area about 57 miles (92 km) from the Yemeni port of Mukalla. This was the first time the Turkish frigate TCG Giresun joined the anti-piracy ...
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MV Global Mercy is the world's largest civilian hospital ship, constructed as the first purpose-built floating hospital for humanitarian organization Mercy Ships. [3] The contract to build the vessel was awarded to Stena RoRo of Göteborg , Sweden in 2014.