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>Capacity was increased to some extent. Remember the tents and the medical ship in NYC? I think neither were used at all. They were not. Even in NYC, which rea
by TMWNN 4y ago
>Capacity was increased to some extent. Remember the tents and the medical ship in NYC? I think neither were used at all.
They were not. Even in NYC, which really did see overloaded hospitals briefly in March-April 2020, USNS Comfort treated a *total* (not at one time; from start to finish) of 182 patients <https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-01/navy-hospital-ships-once-thought-critical-see-few-patients https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-01/navy-h...>. USNS Mercy, with 1000 beds, treated a total of 77 patients in LA.
Same elsewhere. In Wales, Millennium Stadium was converted into a temporary field hospital with 300 beds and capacity to expand to 2000 beds. It was such a big deal that a public contest was held to name it. However, the newly dubbed Dragon's Heart Hospital <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Heart_Hospital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Heart_Hospital> never had more than 46 patients at one time, and was closed in six weeks for lack of use.