200409-N-EV253-1089 NEW YORK CITY (April 9, 2020) - U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Stephanie Benn dons personal protective equipment before receiving a patient arriving in an inbound ambulance for medical treatment aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20).
Comfort cares for trauma, emergency and urgent care patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with Javits New York Medical Station as an integrated system to relieve the New York City medical system, in support of U.S. Northern Command's Defense Support of Civil Authorities as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman). Original public domain image from Flickr