{
  "id": 2418391,
  "title": "World’s largest hospital ship arrives in Ghana for 10 months of free surgeries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/worlds-largest-hospital-ship-arrives-in-ghana-for-10-months-of-free",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T18:57:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/worlds-largest-hospital-ship-arrives-in-ghana-for-10-months-of-free-surgeries/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The world's largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy, has docked at Ghana's Port of Tema for a 10-month mission to provide free surgeries and dental treatments to thousands of Ghanaians. This marks Mercy Ships' fifth field service in Ghana and follows a longstanding partnership between the organization and the country that dates back over three decades. During its stay, volunteer medical teams anticipate conducting between 1,950 and 2,600 surgeries and providing dental care to an estimated 1,610 to 2,145 patients, while also offering training opportunities for 100 to 250 Ghanaian healthcare professionals.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}