The ship has a limited capacity:
Patient capacity:
Intensive care wards: 80 beds
Recovery wards: 20 beds
Intermediate care wards: 280 beds
Light care wards: 120 beds
Limited care wards: 500 beds
Total Patient Capacity: 1000 beds
Operating Rooms: 12
I have been unable to find the cost of the vessel at performance. But if they are only going to use it to fill 5% of its capacity, the cost is too much. Send it back to Maryland or to somewhere where it can be used effectively. Right now, it is wasting taxpayer money and lives saved somewhere else by docking at NY.
rwood
Well, the number of eligible patients have increased since last week. A few days ago, it was just 20 patients, now, it’s 40. So, that’s a 100% increase.