Hospitalsskib på vej til Los Angeles

Den amerikanske flådes hospitalsskib USNS Mercy afsejlede tirsdag fra San Diego med 800 sundhedsmedarbejdere om bord. Skibet sejler til Los Angeles, hvor det skal aflaste de californiske sygehuse under corona-krisen.

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USNS Mercy skal efter planen behandle ikke-covid-19 smittede patienter om bord såvel medicinsk som aflaste med almindelige operationer, oplyser den amerikanske flåde.

“Det vil tillade de lokale sundhedsfaglige personer at fokusere på behandlingen af Covid-19 patienter og tillade hospitalerne på land at benytte deres intensiv-pladser og respiratorer til disse patienter,” hedder det videre.

Den amerikanske flåde råder over i alt to hospitalsskibe i Mercy-klassen og de er begge udstyret med 1.000 sengepladser, 11 operationsstuer og 80 intensiv-pladser ifølge flådens hjemmeside.

Ifølge de seneste oplysninger var der tirsdag registreret 1.733 bekræftede corona-smittede og 27 dødsfald i Califonien.

"Vi har set en dramatisk vækst over de sidste 48 timer og desværre forventer vi at antallet af smittede stiger dramatisk over de næste tre uger," siger chefen for Los Angeles County´s offentlige sundhedsmyndighed, Barbara Ferrer.

USNS Mercy er 272 meter langt og blev oprindelig bygget som et tankskib i 1976. I 1984-85 blev det ombygget til hospitalskib og sat i drift i 1986.

Det andet af de to hospitalsskibe i klassen, USNS Comfort, skal assistere i New York, der er et af de hårdest ramte områder i USA.

Optagelserne herunder er fra forberedelserne til skibets afsejling fra basen i San Diego mandag.

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