Medical Staff Prepare USNS Mercy For Non-COVID19 Patients

PACIFIC OCEAN (March 24, 2020) Video package of Sailors aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) preparing the ship for non-COVID-19 patients March 24. Mercy deployed in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. One of the Department of Defense’s missions is Defense Support of Civil Authoritie