On March 27, 2020, the USNS Mercy arrived at the Port of LA to serve as a referral hospital for patients not infected with Covid-19 – handling overflow of acute trauma cases & other urgent needs, allowing shore-based hospitals to focus medical care resources on the treatment of coronavirus patients.
USNS Mercy arrives in LA
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