The USNS Comfort’s 1,000-bed capacity was maxed out quickly when it arrived Januaru 19, 2010, in Haiti to treat patients who had suffered infections and serious injuries as
a result of the earthquake a week earlier. Designed as a floating emergency room for
treating combat injuries, the Baltimore-based U.S. military hospital ship treated more
than 850 patients in the eight weeks the USNS Comfort was stationed off Haiti’s coast.
USNS Comfort’s Medical Teams Help Hundreds

April 01, 2010