Support Hospital Ship 支持醫療船

Japan is considered as an easternmost small island with limited resources. Yet, if the volume and the depth of the sea are considered, Japan ranks fourth in the world. With this favourite marine background, Organization of Mobile Hospital International （OMHI）was established as a fair and independent non-governmental organization. We aim primarily for constructing Japan-made hospital ships, which help contribute to world peace.

Our proposed hospital ship will deal with natural disasters such as the earthquake or an outbreak of epidemic (e.g. Bird Flu and new influenza.) As for international need and demands, hospital ship will provide worldwide humanitarian support in devastated areas, for example Indochina, Haiti and Chile, where quake and tsunami are in the offing. We will help to maintain the security and to improve the safety in conflict regions.

Nowadays, registered hospital ships come from 14 countries and 4 non-governmental organizations, but none of them belongs to Japan. There is no denying that hospital shipwill provide medical services, whereas world peace is a more important issue to deal with. Japan could make fairly contribution to the issue by utilizing her oceanographic technology.

We have started this project since a private workshop held in Tokyo in February 25, 2011. Influential people from various quarters participated in the workshop and exchanged their opinions actively. If you share our mission, we would like invite you be a part of us, constructing hospital shipto stabilize international maritime safety.

日本素來被視為一個的資源小國，國土面積排名僅列全球第61。然而，倘若把專屬經濟區及領海面積計算在內，日本則排名第六（總面積共4.47百萬平方米），海洋深度及海水量全球排名第四，水域優良，海事條件也相當優厚。具備優良海事條件，國際移動醫療中心是一個公平獨立的非政府組織，旨在在日本建造醫療船，為世界和平出一分力。

1995年1月17日阪神大地震後，日本學術會議上已經提到建造醫療船的緊急性。關東東北太平洋沿岸的海嘯一瞬間吞噬超過兩萬名居民，加上嚴重的核災，我們是需要醫療船的。 我們籌劃的醫療船將足以處理地震及疫症（例如禽流感或其他新型流感）爆發等自然災難。醫療船也會因應國際需要，為世界各地受災地區提供服務，包括東南亞、海地及智利等受到地震及海嘯影響的地方，會保障並促進當地的安全性。

目前，全球共有14個國家及4個非政府組織註冊醫療船，可惜尚未有來自日本的申請。一般而言，醫療船由軍隊主理，以確保其流動性和運作系統足以提供自給自足、即時及長遠的醫療服務，包括隔離及疏散等。而我們的團隊也會備有各種流動醫院設備，目標是將醫療船駛向世界各地提供緊急醫療服務。在非緊急時期，會有各種活動如醫療培訓、醫療教育和推動和平的活動等。我們以不影響現存醫療系統為原則，為環保、和平及人道救援工作作出貢獻。

2011年2月25日，我們開始這項計劃。參與計劃的人士均是來自不同界別的重要人物，並熱心地交流意見。如果閣下支持我們的理念，我們誠邀你一同為維持世界和平略盡綿力，參與這項意義重大的醫療船建設計劃！