A mobile hospital is a mobile medical facility centered around a cluster of inflatable medical tents or shipping containers. It is equipped with functional areas such as operating rooms, examination rooms, wards, and storage rooms, and is specifically designed for emergency rescue scenarios such as wartime and natural disasters. The system can be transported by truck, helicopter, or rail, and quickly assembled into a complete medical unit on-site. It relies on independent water and power supply systems to ensure timely operation.
In May 2008, a Russian medical team transported mobile field hospital components to the Wenchuan earthquake disaster area in China using KamAZ transport vehicles. The system was set up and operated within Pengzhou Vocational High School, with more than ten inflatable tents divided into different departments to provide emergency treatment for the wounded. Subsequently, the system gradually adopted a modular container structure to optimize deployment efficiency and medical resource integration capabilities.
