Good will medical ship heads to Caribbean, Latin America

Good will medical ship heads to Caribbean, Latin America The Military Sealift Command vessel USNS Comfort, which is operated by civil service mariners, has started a good will voyage and mission to destination in the Caribbean and Latin America.
   The vessel departed Friday from Naval Station Norfolk and will call Belize Wednesday, followed by stops in Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. At each port call, U.S. military doctors and nurses from the ship will work with a variety of governmental and non-governmental agencies to treat about 1,000 patients per day, providing medical care including immunizations, general and specialty surgeries, dental care and vision services.