Dieselgeek Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Only took a few days, and doesn't surprise me at all! Coronavirus patients delivered to hospital ship Comfort in New York by mistake: US officials By Lucas Tomlinson Published April 04, 2020 Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. EXCLUSIVE - Multiple patients infected with coronavirus were transferred to the hospital ship Comfort from the Javits Center in New York by mistake, three U.S. officials tell Fox News. The number of Covid-19 patients brought on board the hospital ship was estimated to be “less than five,” one official said. This information has not been previously reported. CLICK HERE FOR FULL CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE The patients were transferred sometime Friday, according to the officials. At the time the patients were transferred to the hospital ship Comfort, the initial screening did not indicate they were positive, officials said. The hospital ship is located on Pier 90 on Manhattan’s west side and arrived in New York Monday. The vessel has a “couple dozen” patients on board right now, according to chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman. Part of the protocol before receiving patients onboard Comfort is for a coronavirus test to be performed. The swab test came back hours later, but not before the patients had spent a night onboard the vessel, which is only supposed to treat trauma patients, not Covid-19 positive patients. About a dozen patients from the Javits Center in midtown Manhattan were transferred to the hospital ship Comfort Friday after President Trump approved New York Gov. Cuomo’s request to have Covid-19 patients treated at the Javits Center Thursday. All the patients at Javits Center were then transferred to the hospital ship a short distance away where they were isolated and tested for the novel coronavirus. Up to the point of embarking aboard the hospital ship, the patients had only filled out a questionnaire and had their temperature taken as part of an initial screening process. It’s been reported that half of people infected with coronavirus show no symptoms, according to the latest data. CUOMO DENIES HE’LL ‘SEIZE’ VENTILATORS FROM UPSTATE FOR NYC, SAYS ORDER PROMOTES ‘SHARING’ The Covid-19 positive patients have already been delivered back to the Javits center Saturday morning to continue their treatment, one official said. The Javits Center has been transformed into a 3,000 bed makeshift hospital by the Army Corps of Engineers. The officials called the risk to the hospital ship’s crew “low,” because of the protocols were already in place. “We were prepared with a contingency plan in case we received patients that later tested positive. Immediately upon arrival the patients were isolated while awaiting the test results,” the official added. Another official pointed out this was why the hospital ship did not want to fill all 1,000 beds on board too quickly because the risk of the virus coming on board is so great. The Comfort crew is scrubbing the area where the patients were housed on board. All U.S. Navy medical personnel were wearing complete PPE (personal protective equipment), the officials added. “We have infectious disease specialists on board as well,” another official said. Cmdr. Ashley Hockycko, spokeswoman for U.S. Second Fleet, told Fox News: "While admitting patients who were transferred to USNS Comfort for treatment, a few patients tested positive for COVID-19. "The Comfort has infection control procedures that are followed just like hospitals ashore. Our medical experts on board are well prepared for cases like this, and have taken the appropriate precautionary measures. The patients were isolated and received care aboard the ship while working to transfer the patients as soon as practical to the Javits Federal Medical Station, which is treating COVID-19 patients. The Comfort is capable of continuing its mission.” Right now both hospital ships Comfort in New York and Mercy in Los Angeles do not take Covid-19 patients, but top Pentagon leaders are “reassessing” that policy, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Mark Milley, told Fox News’ Harris Faulkner Friday afternoon. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP That decision is “not imminent,” a Pentagon spokesman later said in a press conference Friday. https://www.foxnews.com/us/coronavirus-patients-delivered-comfort-ship-new-york-mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Wow. That sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted April 4, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 minute ago, AKIQPilot said: Wow. That sucks. It was going to have to happen sooner or later..this mistake just hastened the decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 There is no limit to the ineptness running this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Contributing Member $poorsledder$ Posted April 4, 2020 USA Contributing Member Share Posted April 4, 2020 Trump should have been there with a thermometer taking temps at the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, $poorsledder$ said: Trump should have been there with a thermometer taking temps at the door. He's too fucking stupid to figure out how to run one. Neal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Contributing Member $poorsledder$ Posted April 4, 2020 USA Contributing Member Share Posted April 4, 2020 30 minutes ago, NaturallyAspirated said: He's too fucking stupid to figure out how to run one. Neal NY has their hands full but they need to be better than this. Down the road they probably would have started taking covid patients anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 43 minutes ago, NaturallyAspirated said: He's too fucking stupid to figure out how to run one. Neal He doesn't need a thermometer. Nobody can read a persons temperature like Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted April 4, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 4, 2020 2 hours ago, $poorsledder$ said: NY has their hands full but they need to be better than this. Down the road they probably would have started taking covid patients anyway. this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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