Radiology on the Africa Mercy, the largest private floating hospital ship in the world.
OBJECTIVE
The Africa Mercy, a rehabilitated Danish ferry, is the largest private hospital ship in the world, devoted to providing medical and surgical care to the residents of West Africa, one of the poorest regions on the globe.


CONCLUSIONS
There is a small radiology department on board, along with six operating rooms and a small ICU and inpatient wards, and the former is described in this report, as well as opportunities for humanitarian work by volunteer radiologists.
Department of Radiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. robert.d.harris@hitchcock.org
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D000354:Africa, Western; D000533:Altruism; D006801:Humans; D008493:Medical Missions; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012066:Relief Work; D012767:Ships