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Didn't that huge hospital ship in New York sit unused until it eventually left
by GenerocUsername 3y ago
Didn't that huge hospital ship in New York sit unused until it eventually left
- slv77 3y agoThe hospital ship was never intended to take covid patients. The idea was the ship would take non-covid cases leaving ICU capacity in hospitals. It turns out that military hospital ships aren’t great for the general population given bulkheads and the general layout of ships.
- listenallyall 3y agoThe massive Javits Center was also made available. 2500 beds, only 141 used. https://gothamist.com/news/fema-begin-strategic-drawdown-largely-empty-javits-center-and-usns-comfort https://gothamist.com/news/fema-begin-strategic-drawdown-lar...
- Izkata 3y agoIn Chicago we also spent millions of dollars building extra temporary capacity. It only got something like 38 patients and was quietly dismantled after one month.