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Health innovations. Medical comfort /

US military staff from the hospital ship USNS Comfort are bringing medical relief and surgical care to local communities in Guatemala. Over 270 metres long, thirty-two metres wide and as tall as a ten-story building, the former oil tanker has 12 operating rooms and half a million doses of medicine....

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : SW Pictures, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Comfort (Hospital ship : T-AH 20)
Military hospitals > Guatemala.
Hospital ships > Guatemala.
Medical assistance > Guatemala.
Surgery > Guatemala.
Hôpitaux militaires > Guatemala.
Navires-hôpitaux > Guatemala.
Aide sanitaire > Guatemala.
Chirurgie > Guatemala.
Hospital ships
Medical assistance
Military hospitals
Surgery
Guatemala
documentary film.
Feature films
Documentary films
Short films
Documentary films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:US military staff from the hospital ship USNS Comfort are bringing medical relief and surgical care to local communities in Guatemala. Over 270 metres long, thirty-two metres wide and as tall as a ten-story building, the former oil tanker has 12 operating rooms and half a million doses of medicine. Throughout their mission, the surgeons perform over a thousand procedures, including a life-changing operation on Carlos, a 10-year-old boy.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 07, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 minutes)
Playing Time:00:03:56