Nias Island, Indonesia (July 21, 2006) - Indian Air Force SQN LDR Bharathi Mahapatra, a general practitioner with the Medical Treatment Facility aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), examines a young boyХs heart rate at the Gunungsitoli General Hospital while the ship visits the island. Mercy is off the coast to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of Nias. Mercy is in the third month of a scheduled five-month deployment to host nations in the Pacific Islands, and South and Southeast Asia. Navy

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