L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn has written to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to ask that he request the return of the hospital ship U.S.N.S. Mercy to provide additional hospital bed capacity as the area struggles with an ongoing coronavirus surge.
The USNS Mercy, a 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship sent to Los Angeles to help take pressure off hospitals — which officials predicted would be overrun by novel coronavirus patients — is departing on Friday after treating just 77 patients.
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort will arrive alongside New York City as early as next week, Navy officials said Thursday.
New Hampshire congressional candidate and Navy Reserve Capt. Lynne Blankenbeker is deploying in the fight against the coronavirus.
The Navy deployed a massive hospital ship to Los Angeles to help local authorities deal with the strain of battling the coronavirus.
The Navy is deploying two hospital ships to treat non-coronavirus patients to help alleviate a potential strain on civilian hospitals.
The Pentagon said it was deploying its two hospital ships at the direction of the president to assist with the nation’s coronavirus response.