French warship Dixmude begins treatment of wounded from Gaza in Egypt
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The French warship Dixmude, now a floating hospital near Gaza, has begun receiving its first emergency patients in El Arish, Egypt. It has 40 beds and 80 medical staff, including 16 surgeons and six pediatricians. France is ready to evacuate and treat up to fifty children from Gaza in its hospitals.
The French amphibious assault ship Dixmude received the first wounded in the the Egyptian port of El Arish on Tuesday. This was reported by by French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecorneuil on CNEWS TV channel, reports UNN.
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According to the minister, these are patients "in a relatively urgent situation."
The hospital structure of the warship, which arrived the day before, includes "two the day before, includes "two operating rooms, 40 beds, 80 medical staff, scanners and a laboratory medical staff, scanners and a laboratory for analysis," Lecornu said. The medical The medical team includes 16 surgeons and six pediatricians.
Not designed to receive mass casualties, this hospital can deploy a maximum of 60 beds, but the ship has effective means of evacuation means.
The Dixmude, which arrived to provide medical and humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, is located in the to provide medical and humanitarian assistance to the population of Gaza, is located at a distance of about 50 km from the the Palestinian enclave.
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The Dixmude replaced another French ship off the coast of Egypt. - Tonnerre, which had been there since late October.
Le Figaro newspaper notes that the first ship sent to the Mediterranean Sea "urgently" after the terrorist attack the Hamas group against Israel, was not prepared to provide medical services, unlike the Dixmude, but was intended to show players in the region, by demonstrating a military presence.
The ship's helicopter capabilities Dixmude will allow evacuating patients to Egyptian hospitals after stabilizing their condition as a result of primary treatment. France is also ready to take up to fifty children from Gaza to its hospitals from Gaza, if necessary, according to Le Figaro.
