What is the benefit of having a naval hospital ship being nearby to the public?
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They can *significantly* increase the hospital capacity of a port city. Moving them into the port means you can get to them by truck or at least a short boat ride on a normal boat.
The largest hospital in the US is Bellevue Hospital Center in NYC with 2500 beds which makes it exceptionally large for a hospital. Other big ones like Mass General and John Hopkins only have about 1000 beds.
Meanwhile the USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort are two 1000 bed floating hospitals that can pull up and provide as much additional bed space as dropping down another full sized hospital, instantaneously and on demand.
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