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Floating hospital headed for New York Harbor

The 1,000 bed USNS Comfort, which is set to arrive mid-April, will be used to help relieve New York hospitals of their non-coronavirus caseload

By Matt Fink

March 24, 2020 · 2 min read

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Floating hospital headed for New York Harbor

The 1,000 bed USNS Comfort, which is set to arrive mid-April, will be used to help relieve New York hospitals of their non-coronavirus caseload

Matt Fink March 24, 2020Mar 24, 2020 · 2 min read

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Nothing says “normalcy” like a giant maritime hospital floating in New York Harbor, ready with 1,000 beds to ease the workload of the city’s health care system, which could become overtaxed should the coronavirus continue to spread. And it likely will.

The last time the ship, dubbed the USNS Comfort, was sent to New York by the federal government, the twin towers had just fallen. While the…

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