The number of patients being treated at overflow hospitals in New York City has more than doubled in the last 2 days, the Department of Defense says.
The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is treating more than 50 patients from New York City, including 10 critically ill people with COVID-19 who were transferred to the ship from a hospital in Queens on Tuesday.The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is treating more than 50 patients from New York City, including 10 critically ill people with COVID-19 who were transferred to the ship from a hospital in Queens on Tuesday.
Military nurses and respiratory therapists helped stabilize those patients while they were transported by ambulance, most of them to other local hospitals in New York City. Ten critically ill patients on ventilators were transported to the U.S.N.S. Comfort. Maj. Gen. William Hall, who is leading the military's coronavirus task force, said he expects the number of patients being transferred to overflow hospitals to increase in the coming days.
The criteria are set by the New York State Department of Health, which has not released the full list to the public.
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