A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft transported a large mobile field hospital from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to Kingston, Jamaica, to be donated to health care providers and used to support the Caribbean nation`s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sept. 19, 2020. The donation, made on behalf of the American people, cost $753,000 and was purchased as part of U.S. Southern Command`s ongoing assistance to nations responding to the global pandemic in the Caribbean, Central America and South America and funded by the command`s humanitarian assistance program, or HAP. The Southcom-funded hospital can house up to 70 patient beds and will support health and...
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