Military doctors gain from Sudan experience

ZIBO, Shandong - For doctors in People's Liberation Army (PLA) military hospitals, taking part in a peacekeeping mission in South Sudan is about as close to being in a war zone as they can come.

Since 2005, the PLA Jinan Military Area Command - which is mainly responsible for defending Shandong and Henan provinces - has assembled a medical team composed of 60 members and dispatched it every eight months to give care to 2,000 peacekeepers living in a United Nations camp in South Sudan's Wau county.

Many who go on the trips say they gain an irreplaceable experience.