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Post by ironhammer on Apr 2, 2020 20:34:29 GMT -5
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Post by Mocha on Apr 2, 2020 20:47:15 GMT -5
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Post by ironhammer on Apr 2, 2020 21:15:35 GMT -5
USNS Comfort, now anchored off New York, was supposed to ease the strain on the city's healthcare facilities in the face of the outbreak, but it has only 3 patients admitted so far: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/usns-comfort-hospital-ship-was-supposed-to-aid-new-york-it-has-3-patients/ar-BB125ZKqSuch were the expectations for the Navy hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort that when it chugged into New York Harbor this week, throngs of people, momentarily forgetting the strictures of social distancing, crammed together along Manhattan’s west side to catch a glimpse.
On Thursday, though, the huge white vessel, which officials had promised would bring succor to a city on the brink, sat mostly empty, infuriating local hospital executives. The ship’s 1,000 beds are largely unused, its 1,200-member crew mostly idle.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 21:17:06 GMT -5
Sure, it's there for non-COVID medical. I guess it's surprising more people haven't needed it.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 2, 2020 21:20:30 GMT -5
USNS Comfort, now anchored off New York, was supposed to ease the strain on the city's healthcare facilties in the face of the outbreak, but it has only 3 patients admitted so far: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/usns-comfort-hospital-ship-was-supposed-to-aid-new-york-it-has-3-patients/ar-BB125ZKqSuch were the expectations for the Navy hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort that when it chugged into New York Harbor this week, throngs of people, momentarily forgetting the strictures of social distancing, crammed together along Manhattan’s west side to catch a glimpse.
On Thursday, though, the huge white vessel, which officials had promised would bring succor to a city on the brink, sat mostly empty, infuriating local hospital executives. The ship’s 1,000 beds are largely unused, its 1,200-member crew mostly idle.Not surprised. These things are basically mobile trauma centers, not really "hospitals". And it's hard to understand what they are doing if they are under strict orders not to accept COVID-19 patients. That's kind of like sending the fire department out with strict orders to keep their trucks at least 1/2 mile from any fire.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 2, 2020 21:21:43 GMT -5
Sure, it's there for non-COVID medical. I guess it's surprising more people haven't needed it. They have both need it *and* be tested and cleared for COVID-19. Just getting a COVID test is by itself difficult.
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Post by cindra on Apr 2, 2020 21:45:18 GMT -5
Thought trump said today that Javits and Comfort were gonna convert to COVID if needed. Seems like a good idea, making it strictly non-covid seems impossible considering how widespread the disease is in NYC.
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Post by XAsstCoach on Apr 3, 2020 1:56:20 GMT -5
Thought trump said today that Javits and Comfort were gonna convert to COVID if needed. Seems like a good idea, making it strictly non-covid seems impossible considering how widespread the disease is in NYC. That's what I thought when I read about Mercy in LA, but it makes more sense to let the hospital ship handle non-COVID issues and free up all the city hospital beds to handle COVID patients. I mean, no need to risk exposing an appendectomy patient to the COVID virus by putting them in the same hospital with COVID patient. Now, if they need to use the Navy doctors to help out in the city hospitals if their workload on the ship is light...that's would help the city's medical staff.
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Post by XAsstCoach on Apr 3, 2020 3:44:04 GMT -5
Have to agree with the decision. He basically broadcast to the entire world, allies and enemies alike, that the USS Roosevelt is near non-operational status due to the outbreak. Its not like he couldn't raise his concerns, should have done it more professionally. Should look into why he, or someone, decided to leak the memo to the press. May be more to this story that cause him to "panic".
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Post by ironhammer on Apr 3, 2020 7:08:04 GMT -5
Have to agree with the decision. He basically broadcast to the entire world, allies and enemies alike, that the USS Roosevelt is near non-operational status due to the outbreak. Its not like he couldn't raise his concerns, should have done it more professionally. Should look into why he, or someone, decided to leak the memo to the press. May be more to this story that cause him to "panic". Maybe from an operational standpoint. But from a humanitarian standpoint, he was showing concern for the health and well-being of his crew. Tough choice in any case.
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Post by XAsstCoach on Apr 3, 2020 8:59:24 GMT -5
Maybe from an operational standpoint. But from a humanitarian standpoint, he was showing concern for the health and well-being of his crew. Tough choice in any case. Oh, I agree the health and safety of our troops should come first. The only thing we don’t know is why it went public. S’pose we’ll find out soon.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 3, 2020 12:55:36 GMT -5
Thought trump said today that Javits and Comfort were gonna convert to COVID if needed. Seems like a good idea, making it strictly non-covid seems impossible considering how widespread the disease is in NYC. That's what I thought when I read about Mercy in LA, but it makes more sense to let the hospital ship handle non-COVID issues and free up all the city hospital beds to handle COVID patients. I mean, no need to risk exposing an appendectomy patient to the COVID virus by putting them in the same hospital with COVID patient. Now, if they need to use the Navy doctors to help out in the city hospitals if their workload on the ship is light...that's would help the city's medical staff. That seems like a good idea, potentially. But the reality is that the ships combined are serving only about 20 patients out of a possible 2000. So at least for now, they aren't doing %*$# to help.
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Post by hammer on Apr 3, 2020 13:18:41 GMT -5
Can patients just walk up to these ships and get medical attention? Let's say, for example, I thought I just broke my leg. Could I go directly to one of those ships? Or do I have to deal with standard medical BS, which might be urgent care/emergency room first, then they redirect me to the ship or take me there via ambulance.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 3, 2020 13:53:09 GMT -5
Can patients just walk up to these ships and get medical attention? Let's say, for example, I thought I just broke my leg. Could I go directly to one of those ships? Or do I have to deal with standard medical BS, which might be urgent care/emergency room first, then they redirect me to the ship or take me there via ambulance. According to what I have read, patients must be transferred from other hospitals, and only after they have been tested for and cleared from having COVID-19. This means that if all the other hospitals are just too busy dealing with COVID-19, there is no route for patients to be transferred to the ships. (Apparently there is a list of 50 things the ship will not accept patients for, and COVID-19 is only one of those 50 things. So not even all non-COVID-19 patients are eligible.)
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 3, 2020 13:59:08 GMT -5
Pittsburgh, after the zombie virus, in The Last of Us.
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