# veterans services

White Coats on the Front Line: Hospital Team Braves Mud and Waves to Treat China's Coastal Defenders

A medical team from Zibo No. 148 Hospital spent eight days and over a thousand kilometres delivering frontline care to coastal garrisons in Bohai Bay, treating more than a thousand servicemen and women. The outreach combined mobile physiotherapy, traditional medicine and institutional cooperation with local veterans’ authorities, reflecting China’s emphasis on troop welfare and civil‑military medical integration.