US hospital ship aids over 3,500 Panamanians

The US Comfort mission, which began on Wednesday in Colon had assisted a total of 3,500 Panamanian patients, in the centers of Nuevo San Juan and the Regional University Center. by Friday night while 48 people received outpatient operations on the hospital ship in the port of Cristóbal. The numbers were expected to increase over the weekend. The ship, has 1,000 crew members, half of whom are military doctors.