By Zhang Zhe and Li Zhulin
The participating medical team of the 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-role engineering company to UNIFIL conducts preliminary treatment of the simulated wounded demining operator at a minefield in South Lebanon along the Blue Line on May 3. (Photo by Li Zhulin)
BEIRUT, May 6 – The 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-role engineering company to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) participated in Angel Rescue Exercise, an emergency medical rescue drill organized by the UNIFIL, on May 3, in which its capabilities in emergency rescue, coordinated command and support have won acclaim from the UNIFIL headquarters and other participating troops.
The drill simulated the whole process of first aiding and air transporting the wounded demining operator from the minefield to the local hospital. Commanded by the UNIFIL Command and participated by peacekeepers from China, Italy, France and India, the drill aimed to test the coordination and emergency response capabilities among various contingents after peacekeepers get injured.
He Lei, director of the Chinese peacekeeping level-1 hospital to UNIFIL introduced that as the drill site had been set at the minefield along the Lebanon-Israel Blue Line border, the real environment fully tested the contingent's minefield rescue capability, and helped peacekeepers accumulate valuable first aid experience in battlefield.
Since its deployment to the mission area in August 2022, the 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-role engineering contingent to UNIFIL has cleared more than 6,500 square meters of minefields, and safely disposed of more than 1,200 landmines and one unexploded bomb, playing an important role in maintaining peace and stability in South Lebanon.
Members of the 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-role engineering company to UNIFILhand over the simulated wounded demining operator to other participating medical contingent at a minefield in South Lebanon along the Blue Line on May 3. (Photo by Li Zhulin)
Members of the 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-role engineering company to UNIFILevacuate the simulated wounded demining operator at a minefield in South Lebanon along the Blue Line on May 3. (Photo by Li Zhulin)
Minesweepers of the 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-role engineering company to UNIFILopen up a rescue passage at a minefield in South Lebanon along the Blue Lineon May 3. (Photo by Li Zhulin/Xinhua)
