French warship hospital receives first Gaza wounded: minister

This photograph taken on on April 18, 2020 shows the hibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Dixmude arriving in the port of Point-a-Pitre, on the French Carribean archipelago of Guadeloupe. (AFP)

• The vessel is equipped with two operating blocs, 40 beds and 80 medical personnel

PARIS: A French warship sent to Egypt to treat wounded from the Gaza Strip has received its first patients, a French minister said on Tuesday.
The Dixmude arrived on Monday in the Egyptian town of El-Arish near the border with Gaza and on Tuesday received the patients, said Sebastien Lecornu, France’s army minister. The vessel is equipped with two operating blocs, 40 beds and 80 medical personnel, he said.