Floating hospital of Puerto Rico

A floating state-of-the art hospital is anchored off the coast of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to offer assistance to those unable to get treatment in the over-crowded hospitals there — but those in need are struggling to board the ship.

The USNS Comfort has 250 beds for patients on the island shut out by clinics without supplies and other facilities lacking electricity. Only 33 of those beds — about 13% — have been filled in the two weeks since the ship arrived.

“I know we have the capacity,” Comfort’s mission commander and Capt. Kevin Robinson told the news station. “I know that we have the capability to help. What the situation on the ground is... that’s not in my lane to make a decision.”