North Korean Female Officer shocked by US Hospital Ship

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Today, Hye-gyung, the former North Korean soldier is going to talk about American hospital ship
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[@marks1638]

My uncle was a truck driver in the Korean War. He remembers picking up wounded soldiers and prisoners during his time at the front (he came into it after the front somewhat stabilized). Many of the Chinese and North Korean prisoners were surprised we hadn't shot them as they usually did that to many of our people. When he would drop off supplies, they would load his truck with the wounded (both Soldiers and Prisoners). On one return run, he had a severely wounded Chinese Officer in the back of his truck, who had graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine (my uncle's home state). The man just wanted to get out of the war and years later my uncle got a letter from him thanking him for saving his life by getting him back to an American Field Hospital (Don't know how he tracked my uncle, but our family name is well known in Maine). He later refused repatriation back to China and eventually moved to the US where he taught at an American College.

[@o_o-037]

"There's not enough white cloths" "All we have are hard steel beds with wooden planks over the frames" "The mattresses are some white bags stuffed with wheat brans" "We lacked rubber gloves, we tied strings on their holes & reused them" She's giving us more information about the situation in North Korea than she realises.

[@martinziegler]

The sanctions are a crime against humanity.

[@billotto602]

That's why I said I sure as hell HOPE she's out of North Korea ! That's some beautiful Intel she gave us.

[@CryptoCanedv2]

What he doesnt tell her though, is the cost of having to use that modern equipment.

[@iplxel7888]

@@CryptoCanedv2 It's better than having no equipment though

[@MuantanamoMobile]

@@billotto602 She wouldn't be saying any of that if she was still in North Korea.

[@johnjacob5839]

I crewed on the USNS MERCY for a short time while doing Coast Guard inspections. It's an amazing ship. A converted oil tanker. Same with the USNS COMFORT. Though built for support of battle field casualties, the majority of the work done is humanitarian. Every few years MERCY is crewed up and sent to the Western Pacific to provide free eye surgeries as well as reconstructive surgeries for children with congenital birth defects or from accidents. They also do other screenings and treatments. After working for 26 years for Military Sealift Command (the operating agency) my biggest regret was never being in the right place at the right time to crew her on a mission like that.

[@SkullAngel002]

Thank you for your service!

[@cruselove]

😂 I am sure your legs must have hurt from all that walking😹 cause my knees give out from waking all over the place. And going up and down the ladder well.😭 specially going up and down your leaving quarter

[@RoseKindred]

I've wondered about medical procedures while at sea. How much did you feel the water under the ship? I assume you would not have surgery during a hurricane, but did the waves affect much of the hospital operations?

[@ssjwes]

@@RoseKindred On ships that large, it's probably minimal.

[@enigmagrieshaber5555]

Damn, imagine being a crew of that gigantic hospital ship that might be bigger than some full fledge hospital

[@Rebelrocker69]

The US actually has two hospital ships. Their names are Comfort and Mercy.

[@MrSlugny]

Yes sir 😁 bought to by the nice guys at SIU......

[@_Common_Logic_]

As pointed out in the video. ;-)

[@Joecrouse]

trying to get funding for 2 more

[@davidh9844]

And God bless each and every one who sails on them! Each and everyone a true Superman. David H, M.D.

[@cruselove]

@@MrSlugny bull sht SIU I was working on the mercy n they dont have any SIU worker in thier it's not like the SIU Union send people fom thier pool to report to th mercy. 😹 also u dont have any idea how much work we did n how crazy small the leaving quarter are we where like a pack of sardines.

[@davidh9844]

As a physician, listening to this "health care provider" is nothing less than horrifying! She is describing the American medical system as it existed during our Civil War, almost 2 centuries ago! She might be shocked to learn that American modern surgery, blood banks, and military field hospitals grew out of the Korean War.

[@mudejartrainingnaturalscie6938]

US "medical system" is a branch of the US military. Which has the highest death toll?

[@folkflying2]

@@mudejartrainingnaturalscie6938 A troll that edits and still can't spell MEDICAL. A**hole.

[@RetroJack]

@@mudejartrainingnaturalscie6938 Lol - that tinfoil hat getting a little tight, bro?

[@davidh9844]

@@mudejartrainingnaturalscie6938 Funny, I was not aware of that, and I'm an American trained physician! As for current death toll, technically, the medical system, but then we tend to treat sick people, rather than treating healthy people. Very few deaths in the US military these days. Suicides are probably the largest number. Try getting some facts rather than illogical, emotional nonsense to post. Oh, lets just say that the US military has its OWN internal medical system, and it does have problems. Many fewer since Trump became President.

[@johnwillis4706]

We did have 4, the Comfort, Repose, Mercy and Retreat ( I think). It's been many years since I saw these ships, but I was treated on the Repose (1969) and the Comfort (1971) during Vietnam. These ships were a God sent during the war.

[@joshuahanley7251]

My heart goes out to all those that have escaped, and all those still under the boot of the despicable Kim regime. Hope to one day see a free and fair North Korea.

[@erchanel]

I passed this vessel many many times in nyc when it came to help us with the corona virus. Thankful for it and our country!

[@raymondweaver8526]

Sent to NYC but hardly used. Politics

[@neruil77]

Hardly use because trump sent it.. NY governor rather let people die, so trump won't get any credit for helping.

[@illiniwood]

You do know that the captain and its officers of the ship didn't allow COVID-19 patients to board....right?

[@KutWrite]

@@illiniwood Source?

[@redrick8900]

@@neruil77 Sure racist. That happened. Everyone conspired to make trump look like a heartless idiot.

[@lilysfield1]

During WW2 my Dad was in the Army in the Pacific Theater of the war. He was very badly wounded ...he was shot in the face, which popped his eye out (it was not damaged just not in the socket..and he also had a broken jaw and lost part of his hearing)... the sniper shot him in the foot on the same day. He was not knocked out so he was able to run back to safety and was saved by the other soldiers....They sent him back to the field hospital where a surgeon put his face back together and his eye back where it belonged...it was done so well that you could not tell that had happened to him. He was sent back to the US to recover and lived a very long life afterwards...... The comments on the state of care that happens in NK made me think of how very blessed we are here in the US...regarding care.... Sounds to me like NK soldiers would be out of luck and die if that happened to them because they would not have such things available.

[@mattham9561]

So glad to hear he had a nice long life after. Was the greatest generation for sure!

[@Theydas]

To this day they have dead people on the streets where children play with diseased rats lol. And it's a norm. At least that's the life described by some N. Korea survivor during similar video like this. According to her, N. Korea society does not have compassion to others. It's strange, but things like "love" even to your own child is unheard there. It just does not exist. Life is a lot different there.

[@robertbarney8635]

Many more North Koreans die suffering atrocities, deprivation, and starvation under the Kim dictatorship than ever died during the conflict.

[@felyhiggins1584]

I was a crew member on the Mercy and was amazed at what I saw. Great ship and I'm glad it's part of our Naval inventory.

[@staudtj1]

This woman gave more honest information about how the people in her country have lived for decades.

[@gamerguy9066]

I love this channel especially when seeing people live free from N. Korea

[@graemejohnson9025]

North Korea is a dump.. They think they have everything.. but no.. I have a friend from North Korea, next door neighbour here in Australia.. She is amazed how free Australians are..

[@backhomeprepper]

They were in place in the Persian Gulf during the Gulf War.

[@longshot7601]

It's sad that someone from North Korea can appreciate the US more than many people IN the US.

[@lenzikka]

These ships are there to provide support for all parties involved even during the war, to reduce unneeded casualties.

[@suzannes5888]

Yes, that would have been a good - and very important -point to make... probably would have blown her mind! That concept would be beyond inconceivable in NK - maybe even more so than the size and capabilities of the medical ship.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

The us medics and doctors honor their oath, they help anyone regardless of who they serve. It’s a lofty ideal to say the least

[@다릴잔바한데]

Yes not until the ballistic missile fire directly to that comfort and mercy ship

[@DzyClips]

@@다릴잔바한데 kims fake account right here 😂

[@다릴잔바한데]

@@DzyClips Hahaha.

[@scruffyscrubs5468]

Incredibly sad that people suffer under such oppression!

[@glennsaulsbury9177]

Yes and this is what many Americans want communism. They have no idea what will happen.

[@Flielow]

You think the way North Koreans govern themselves is the reason why they do not have adequate hygiene products, food, medical supplies....how ignorant you are. Why not educate your self first before showing so many how ignorant you are.

[@gowdsake7103]

Yep America is a shit place if your poor

[@gowdsake7103]

@@glennsaulsbury9177 You have no comprehension of communism or socialism do you. You really think that the cess pool of uneducated, stoned, religious fanatic, self centred capitalist America is an example to anyone ?

[@troystaunton254]

@@gowdsake7103 I’ll take America over what Lenin, Stalin, mao, pol pot and their ilk gave the world. America isn’t perfect no where is. But the only people who claim they’re oppressed in the west are the ones who’ve never been oppressed in real life. I’m yet to hear from a single person who lived under the Soviet Union who moved to Great Britain or Australia or even france or Belgium or the USA tell me how bad those countries are. They’re always telling me how great it is how wonderful and how easy life is. Only uni students who tell themselves they suffer hate those places.

[@FM-ig3th]

Yet we have young, supposedly "educated" people in America that advocate for the type of system this woman fled from.

[@Buck1954]

Our education is system is very sad. We have allowed the communists to take it over.

[@francisdavis1271]

@@Buck1954 I'm fascinated that Senator McCarthy's witch hunts of the 1950's continue to create delusions for people today. I get disappointed because that's the limit of your creativity... surely you could embrace QAnon absurdities that make Roger Corman B-grade horror films look credible. "Communists"? How passe'. "Socialistic Tech" would be mildly more realistic.... and you could add The Illuminati! "Communist!" Bbbbwawawawaahahahaha.

[@richardjones4662]

We had a neighborhood girl who wished she lived back in the "little house on the prairie days"... until our neighborhood lost power for almost a week in the winter.

[@richardjones4662]

In fact, just this year... we had many Texans wishing for electrical power in the winter.

[@firefalcon100]

yeah because they are confusing socialism with social equality and that is just not what it is. All because they were never fully educated as to what socialism truly means

[@tudrego]

This must be so heartbreaking for her see everything that is possible, just not in her land. I know it is for me when I hear her tell how it really is for her people.-

[@simonwhitlock9189]

As I watch this it gives a new appreciation of just how lucky we are.

[@zoltarfire3087]

You should offer them to react to Saving Private Ryan, the beach scene, or even the whole movie. Great content btw!

[@MrHakuna78]

Agree

[@jascrandom9855]

The whole movie.

[@zoltarfire3087]

Yeah.@@jascrandom9855

[@melloangelwolf8611]

Yes

[@danor6812]

Why? It's a made up story.

[@csaulpaugh89]

These types of videos really help me remember not to take things like this for granted.

[@okramw1]

& America is ready to send that ship anywhere in the world 🌎 to help people in need. Even our enemies. We will offer without asking for anything in return.

[@tboltaq2]

The first Hospital Ships in the U.S. were created during the American civil War in the 1860's. We have a long history of using them. The current ships are converted oil tankers but they are getting old (the hulls and engines are nearly 47 years old...)and need to be replaced. They are also not very well laid out. It's hard to move patients around in them because the tanker framework and bulkheads are still there and they block normal flow of people from one compartment to another.

[@TheCombatEditor62]

I have a friend who serves as at the base that the USNS Comfort is stationed at and often goes aboard her for Corpsman training. it's so great to see her get so much love in this video.

[@TheCombatEditor62]

I love how friendly this woman is! she's also clearly very intelligent, asking what the ship's displacement is and what it's capabilities are, and seems to know a lot about her line of work. I'm so glad she was able to defect to South Korea!

[@johnr8476]

NK's leader can't even get a good haircut.

[@sondragrant2132]

Seoul university hospital has 460 beds.US ship hospital has 1000 beds more that double

[@bebekadventure]

not only USA as far i know when i went to Indonesia for vacation , i saw one big Hospital Ship too , i was amazed but its logic for Indonesia to have Hospital Ship since they has over 17k Islands .

[@saltymonke3682]

they learned that they needed such thing after the 2004 Tsunami. Most navy not only use hospital ships but also use multirole amphibious warfare ships with immediate casualty treatment facility that is able to perform surgery as in other hospital ships. They didn't have both back then. Many casualties had to be brought into USS Bonhomme Richard because they were the first capable ship to do such medical assistance before USNS Mercy could reach the area.

[@danielcastillo7108]

Hi 👋 I pray 🙏 one day North Korea 🇰🇵 and America 🇺🇸 will be Friend and will can help each out...enjoy reaction and comments 😊 to this video 📹

[@anugrahibrahimsyah5678]

Emm that's South Korea flag

[@danielcastillo7108]

Sorry my bad

[@illiniwood]

With her passion for being in the medical field and helping people, I hope she's able to now practice in South Korea. You can see love and compassion in her eyes.

[@redrick8900]

She doesn't have the education to practice medicine in a civilized country.

[@parrotraiser6541]

it sounds as though "MASH" was the movie she watched. I wonder if she realised it was a comedy?

[@michaelmartin4552]

But actually written by an Army doctor who had made a book about his experiences in Korea.

[@lyndadugan1226]

It's sad that some people in the US feel that government run entities are better that free market entities. Just listen to this brave woman, who escaped with her life, from a country ruled by communism. It is a wake up call. God Bless her and her family.

[@akal8775]

The democrats love communism

[@Jsee66]

@@akal8775 The Republicans love fascism

[@guaposneeze]

You understand the hospital ship she was admiring in this video is operated by the US Government, right?

[@joshuahanley7251]

@@akal8775 hm, that's interesting, as I've never seen a Democrat president warming up to the Kim regime. Trump seemed to have some love of the current dictator. Maybe stop repeating everything the GOP and their mouthpieces tell you.

[@jascrandom9855]

Even Capitalist Singapore has Government run Healthcare. You are talking about things you don't understand.

[@georgesakellaropoulos8162]

Most U.S. military ships of large displacement are equipped to do major surgery in limited numbers. It's been that way since WW2.

[@1darkironman1]

yes, US will care for people then stick you with a huge bill with a big smile

[@capo328]

Yes, that is terrible, stressful, and life altering, and if something can be done to improve the system that would be great. Still preferable to developing life-altering physical health complications due to long wait times as commonly happens in other countries today with more socialized systems. Or preferable to dying for sure if you were born just decades ago, nevermind a century or two ago. Subjects like these are depressing to think about, but personally they also strangely help lift my depression by helping me realize how good I have it, and by driving me with purpose to try to improve things even more.

[@BitterBetty76]

Nothing is free. Nothing. And it shouldn't be.

[@k.s.k.7721]

@@capo328 I suggest you check out the documentary series, "24 Hours in A & E", a BBC series that set up cameras in 2 trauma-center hospitals that specialized in "Accidents & Emergencies". A real eye-opener.

[@AussieLadyTreasures]

I feel for this lady as a medical professional in Nth Korea she must have felt alot of frustration with the lack of medical care available. Now she is a KZbinr. I wonder if given the opportunity to work in South Korea or USA as a medical professional would she do it? I would like to see her achieve any dream she wishes for her future.

[@steveturner3999]

I had a friend who was working in Siberia as a Paramedic for an International oil company. He’d had an apartment in a village and word got around that he was medically trained. He was asked to consult on a patient in another village as he was deemed a ‘’Doctor’’ in their eyes. They suspected this young lady had Meningitis because she was in a coma. He asked what her blood sugar was, as any EMT checks that first for an ‘’Altered Mental Status’’ in a patient and it’s easy to do in the field. They told him the blood tests they sent two weeks before hadn’t come back from Moscow yet. So he pulled his BG meter and checked. Her BG was in excess of 900 which the limit of his meter. She’d been in a Diabetic Coma for three weeks and they couldn’t believe her BG level could be checked in the field. He said one of the persons tending the patient started crying and said ‘’we can build spaceships and bombs that destroy the world but we don’t have a device like this’’. This was in the early ‘90’s.

[@Anastas1786]

_Mercy_ and _Comfort_ actually used to be _oil tankers_ before the Navy bought and refurbished them.

[@blake7587]

North Koreans are proud, loyal, hard working people. Sadly due to incompetent leadership all that hard work & loyalty is wasted on stupid things me.

[@sethwood1676]

The hospital ships are used expressly during wartime and they weren’t made for covid. They’ve been around long before I got out of the Navy. They’ve been used for mostly humanitarian missions in recent history like haiti.

[@SpearM3064]

You're right, and that's part of the reason why they were underutilized during the pandemic. Standing orders only allowed them to take non-COVID patients aboard... which did help the hospitals a little bit, but not nearly enough.

[@shainedge6651]

@@SpearM3064 They were basically unused during the "pandemic", as were the field hospitals that were raised for the emergency. One side, while implying that the President was "killing people", also wouldn't utilize the medical emergency locations that were provided by the Commander in Chief, while complaining that the hospitals were overcrowded.

[@ffjsb]

You said they were used EXPRESSLY for wartime use, and then you gave examples of how they were used in peacetime...

[@calliarcale]

@@SpearM3064 They're not really appropriate for infectious disease outbreaks. This video has a great shot of one of the wards; it's rows of bunks. There's no possibility of isolation there. On the battlefield, their purpose is to stabilize large numbers of wounded before either returning to the battlefield or being shipped stateside for long term care.

[@michaelmartin4552]

With the close quarters and lack of any kind of containment, this is the last place you would want to fill with people with an infectious disease. Great for combat or disaster situations, horrible for diseases.

[@johnwauters8576]

Facebook banned me for 24 hours I can't post anything sorry

[@kauphaart0]

It never fails to amaze me how the conditions and rearing of people living in countries like NK, with a cult of personality government, result in a lifetime of suppressed imagination on escapees even decades after they've gained freedom.

[@DanOKC]

Trump sent one to New York City at the height of the Covid while Como was sending infected people back to nursing homes and refuse to use the facilities aboard the ship in fear Trump might get some sort of credit.

[@trevor3013]

Watching liberated north Koreans speak freely makes me so happy

[@immealldayeveryday9425]

Conditions in North Korea are abysmal, if the north ever made a move on the south I kno the south will fight tooth and nails cause ain’t nobody trying to live like they do in the north

[@matthewcaughey8898]

There’s talk of replacing Mercy and Comfort with a revamped helicopter assault ship converted into a hospital ship. Mercy and comfort have issues moving personal internally due to originally being built as fleet oilers. The former storage bulkheads can and do get in the way plus it’s limited helipad is an issue when casualties are mounting. It’s believed a former helicopter carrier can mitigate this issue. If we ever went to war with NK I’m sure our doctors would treat their wounded as well. We might be in a war but the military is not heartless. Our corpsmen saved many German and Japanese soldiers they were trying to kill moments before as well. Regardless if our enemies wouldn’t help our wounded we still help theirs, why? Cause it’s the right and decent thing to do

[@CaptainFrost32]

"If we ever went to war with NK I’m sure our doctors would treat their wounded as well." Certainly was demonstrated in episodes of M*A*S*H* 4077 and other military medical dramas. It was even covered in international agreements such as the Geneva Conventions.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

@@CaptainFrost32 Doctors would do it even without a rule. I know several and they take their oath very seriously

[@peterrose5373]

not to mention that it helps encourage people to surrender when they've been shot up, enough.

[@michaelmartin4552]

It is actually part of International Law. All care given in a military hospital is only based on seriousness of the injury, not nationality. A critically wounded enemy soldier would be treated before a less injured US or allied soldier.

[@okramw1]

I think we need to send that ship to Ukraine!!!!!!! Right Now!!!!!

[@CharlesSummers-ue2iz]

The usa hospital ships are great usa can go anywhere in the world and set up in there area and have been many years

[@tonymantle9734]

Only the US can do this? The British operated 40 hospital ships in WW2

[@redrick8900]

Sure, the way a machinegun and a knife are the same thing.

[@tonymantle9734]

@@redrick8900 what?

[@austinbandy5818]

How are you getting these interviews? Are they defectors?

[@vectorm4]

It would be so much better if this video could be seen by the people suffering in North Korea.

[@Bill23799]

Thank you Hye-Gyung for your interesting video. It is very sad the people of North korea have to suffer because their leaders only want power. The health and welfare of the people should always be the first concern of every country's leader. I wish to support your channel so i Clik Like....I subscribe and i ring bell for notification.

[@md_vandenberg]

I'm sure she'd be surprised to learn that many of the US Navy's actual warships have hospital facilities onboard.

[@newton18311]

I'm shore you would be surprised that the British army is the best Medivac system ask American marines,

[@anncbower5564]

The aircraft carriers & battleships has the version of Emergency Room to deal with emergencies that occur but the more severe cases are sent to the hospital ships.

[@RoseKindred]

When I was younger I always pictured the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) in times of pandemic and major disasters deploying ships like this to help out countries in danger. I know, as a US ship it should be used for USA first, but just think of the amount of good a ship like this can do for N. Korea, various African countries, or wherever the need is great. I know it would be complicated but I still dream of a day a group such as Doctors Without Borders are able to combine country funds and have a fleet of these docked around the world able to deploy in days As a base of operations you could have a small crew pilot the ship (and guard it) and supplement the medical staff with local practitioners as even a clean environment would be a huge help.

[@andrewbarnett5042]

it's not just the US that has these, we have them too, it was parked up in Falmouth a couple of years back.

[@louiscypher4186]

That's the weirdest part, Hospital ships are an old method dating back to 17th century and saw their heyday during the first world war. Hospital ships have been such a common feature of navies for so long there are treaties surrounding hospital ships that are over a century old. Less countries operate dedicated hospital ships nowadays due to modernisation. Today only 8 countries operate dedicated Hospital ships and even among those that do most are maintained rather then new ships being built. More Carriers/LHD/LSD's etc, etc are being equipped with proper hospital facilities and the changing nature of warfare means maritime based mass casualty wards aren't needed for most military's. She's looking at something that's had less and less of a role since the end of the second world war as if its a modern marvel.

[@susieq9801]

Russia and China also have medical ships.

[@ExUSSailor]

1 of our hospital ships actually has more available hospital beds than the entire state of Maine.

[@RS-ls7mm]

Maine has 3600 beds, these ships have up to 1000. Your math is terrible.

[@paulayala4816]

Both the USN Mercy and Comfort were commissioned to serve as hospital ships in time of war, but they have also been activated numerous times for humanitarian needs. Some examples include: Hurricane Katrina and the 2005 Tsunami in Thailand.

[@markcollins2666]

The Mercy was here at my town here in the Philippines a few years ago. They anchored offshore, but the medics came ashore, and augmented local hospitals, and set up several local clinics for a few weeks. They treated my 80 year old mother in law for high blood pressure, and saved her and us a ton, in free meds. Also handed out hygiene kits, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo, and towels to all. God bless you, Mercy! It's a shame I cant upload all the pictures I took, here.

[@paulayala4816]

@@markcollins2666 Now that is a great story and nice to hear you and others getting medical attention from the ship and staff.

[@ericborgen7311]

Yep if it sounds impossible we love to do it

[@connormacleod9900]

Thank you for the Great video

[@RickDominick69]

Is it an amazing there are people here in the United States that want to become more like North Korea. Those social Democrats

[@khankrum1]

Fools are hatched every day!

[@robertbacklund4438]

There is an older television program that you might enjoy. It is called MASH. It was about the field hospitals the US used during the Korean War.

[@redrick8900]

You know there are jokes about her people dying left and right in that show right?

[@salvatorecorleone1008]

Yes the United States has two hospital ships they are very professional looking. Rumor is you never see a nurse dancing on tick tok or anything.

[@ernieh4049]

I could listen to her talk all day.

[@ramprashad29]

May she find peace where she is. She sounds quite smart and rational.

[@louisejohnson6767]

What were you expecting?

[@ramprashad29]

@@louisejohnson6767 Definitely not a response from you that's for sure.

[@louisejohnson6767]

@@ramprashad29 , why not? Who were you expecting?

[@darriusdeburgh7333]

Actually sad we’re not fighting real inequality. Wonder what some North Korean kid could invent if food was available. This lady is very intelligent and capable, a perfect immigrant to any country. 👂

[@Cabdrum1]

Charming woman …

[@donepearce]

European countries have been running hospital ships as charities for decades, manly for operations like cataract that can be performed quickly and have major consequences for people's lives.

[@texanaggie]

She would really trip out that several of the big USN ships have hospitals on them, I was on an LHD and we had 6 surgery suites and 600-bed hospital suite, dentists

[@ronronniemeyers]

The combination of low immunity due to malnutrition and the process of using human waste to fertilize it's crops and unsterile medical environments makes me think that the North Koreans are quite tenacious and motivated to survive because given these factors it's a miracle that there are any North Koreans alive at all. I pray that they achieve freedom in my lifetime. Kim Jong-Un looks like he may have gotten some type of gastric bypass so unfortunately now he's will probably live to be 100.

[@Simonb1977]

There are plenty of countries with hospital ships. There are even NGO hospital ships.

[@RS-ls7mm]

No, only 3 countries operate them. And none are even close to the size of the US ships. Some other countries have support ships but they are not hospitals.

[@Simonb1977]

@@RS-ls7mm The American one is the largest because its main purpose is for use during a war. It's a naval ship and we do know the US is a warmongering country. Every generation has to have its war. 8 countries have hospital ships and two NGO's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_ship#Current_Military_hospital_ships

[@redrick8900]

No there aren't. Other countries put a couple of beds on a boat with one or two rooms where you can do a simple surgery and call it a hospital ship but it isn't a hospital ship.

[@redrick8900]

@@Simonb1977 If the US was a warmongering country we would have taken over the world by now. It's not like we couldn't do it.

[@anderstroi3732]

Hospital Ships is nothing new. During the Korean war Denmark sent a fully equipped hospital ship to Pusan, Korea. It operated from 1951-1953 with 4 operation theatres, X-Ray et cetera. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Jutlandia

[@zipzeolocke2]

The Comfort and Mercy medical ships are not just working for the US soldiers and people, they are providing medical need to the rest of the world. One of them was recently sent to Japan to help with the victims of the massive flooding. They traveled to the places that need the most medical attention in the world and do their best to help

[@haruruben]

South Korea has some amazing doctors. I once chatted with a doctor who was visiting from South Korea to teach American doctors about reconnecting nerves in the face. Very amazing stuff

[@CatholicSatan]

Hospital ships are nothing new. Indeed, the first hospital ship (such as it was back then...) accompanied the British Navy in 1609! In WWI, the UK's Royal Navy had 91 hospital ships (again pretty rudimentary, having a nurse or two just to wash and change bandages etc.). I think 9 countries of the world have hospital ships, some being multi-purpose.

[@geographyinaction7814]

There are upwards of twenty countries operating 'hospital ships', not just three; the issue is designation. Many ships are smaller to fit the role for their country, others, like The Argus, the Royal Navy's ship, are armed for protection, which automatically changes its designation. Most of these ships have complete surgery theatres, MRI's, CT's ICU's and the required facilities to do whatever a modern, well-equipped hospital can do. They are just smaller, or having things like armaments, or dual purpose which strips the 'hospital ship' designation. Keep in mind, that the combined forces of the US Army, USAF, USN, and USMC are massive, so two ships seem a low number, but most US ships over a certain displacement, have their own facilities. It makes sense that the British would have only one 'hospital ship'...though it isn't called that.

[@kavik2825]

Should show her what the military deployed in various cities...converting convention centers into hospitals....even in the cities where the Hospital ships went to.

[@mikeh8228]

Hospital ships like these did not exist in the early 1950s when the US was involved in the Korean War. My oldest brother fought in the US Army in that war, and was injured. He was first treated in their local military hospital, and then moved to the army base in Japan for further treatment and recovery, because we had no large hospital ship then. Once recovered he was transported back to South Korea and joined back up with his original army unit. He was scheduled to be returned to the USA, but had to stay there for 18 additional months before being scheduled on a ship to return to the USA.

[@the4tierbridge]

And the funny part, is that they’re just repainted oil tankers! Seriously!

[@erictaylor5462]

1:20 Who thinks that the Army hospital movie she was was MASH? A movie about Mobil Army Surgical Hospitals in the Korean War.

[@melvance7281]

Ok. I never was a linguist and can't claim I learned a lot of Korean, but I could manage to make myself understood in a store. That was decades ago and I've forgotten almost all I had learned. But. In her videos that I've seen, I'm positive she is saying way more than is being translated into English. I could be wrong, but I doubt it

[@henrycarlson7514]

Not to mention EVERY aircraft carrier has VERY extensive medical ,dental and general health care facilities. In fact EVERY U.S. military person gets much first aid and emergancy response training.

[@richardpierce7819]

I wonder what she would think of the medical capabilities of American warships.

[@ranger2316]

Beans and bullets in...casualties out. When Comfort and Mercy pull up off your coastline ... you'd better know that the U.S. is open for business and prepared to take casualties. There are other amphibious ships with trauma/surgical capabilities as well.

[@KMDragonS]

0:24 " all the equipments are old and not replaced". Geez Louise Hawkeye from M*A*S*H iwas right, they are a hundred years of being behind.

[@71superbee39]

North Korean Female Officer shocked to learn NK has yet to medically advance past the 19th century....

[@noahgray543]

Wait... A Cholera outbreak? Cholera!? As a biochemist, that tells me everything I need to know about North Korean sanitation standards.

[@ycplum7062]

Actually, the Mercy class exceeds what would be necessary In war, at least for the US. The logistics capability and political alliances is such that most serious casualties would be quickly airlifted to a major medical facility. The main usage of the Mercy class to date has been humanitarian relief after a natural disaster, usually not in the US. While run by the military, it is more of a diplomatic tool than a military tool.

[@ruisilva8222]

Portugal had an hospital ship for the cod fish fleet . It still exhists and is a museum now. She worked for over 30 or 40 years NRP Gil Eannes

[@stevennorton485]

love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. matthew 5 v 44, it is a shame nk is cut off from the world, the people could benefit from western trade, when your enemy is hungry give him food, when thirsty give him drink, proverbs 25 v 21 thank you sister hye for sharing, god bless you

[@bruces4515]

It is illogical to criticize a country for an economic system created by external assaults. She may not be from NK. She mat be an actress from SK. Wrong-wing nuts would pay somebody to read a script.

[@chimmichurri6940]

I dont want war, somewhat, i think USA needs to help the people of N. Korea. IMO theyve lived under that regime too damn long, and i know some of the peoples there, would rebel against the current regime. i wish i could help

[@shazzzabanazz4789]

British army one-off the best army in the world they have been to war torn northern Ireland,fought in falklands war and Afghanistan,gulf war,, we have the best hospital ships to and many more ,,why do u only do things about USA

[@BlackEpyon]

Just puts into perspective how poor conditions are in North Korea if she's praising the US response to COVID-19. That is truly pitiful.

[@danrossell6375]

That's only because theirs was so much worse.

[@BlackEpyon]

@@danrossell6375 And by comparison, it's truly terrifying to imagine how bad conditions are in North Korea.

[@slater3249]

I've been on the USNS Comfort when I was little (mid-late 1980's) I got to spend the day on it when it's homeport was in my hometown (Baltimore, Maryland) I only remember a little. It was big and had alot of ramps I remember run up and down them. I ran off from my mom and they had the whole ship looking for me someone found my run up and down the ramps. It was fun to a 4 year old I dont know why we got to be on it but it had something to do with the boy scouts of america (my brother where in the boy scouts)

[@cruselove]

The ramp was use to transport people who cant walk or is stuck on bed cause they cant go up and down the stairs

[@shawncalhoun1363]

As a vet that traveled to dozens of countries, the average person is not that much different. They want healthcare, jobs, security, and an education and future for their kids. The problems come in when a dictator or religious zealot comes in and manipulates them, and this is universal.

[@Duke00x]

Is she watching MASH? Because she should be watching MASH.

[@MtnBadger]

When a country closes off all communication with the outside, then starves its people while telling them how horrible *other* countries are, I would hope that some would stop to think, just for a moment., that something just *might* be awry...

[@greywuuf]

You should look I to videos about the military rescue services and the time training and equipment/dedication put I to bot rescue and medivac.

[@Bess9779]

I am surprised that China doesn't help North Korea with medical needs. They have a working border and other trade. I feel so sorry for these people & wish we could help.

[@daphneraven6745]

North Korea may theoretically be a family with a father and his offspring, but no father would just take all the goods for himself and leave his children without the necessities of life. The people who make the sacrifices and sustain the injuries need care if the country is to prosper and grow.

[@Will_CH1]

These clips look like propaganda. personally i dont believe all they say about how bad things are in NK. But it is obviously no picnic either.

[@PacoOtis]

Bravo for that gal! A video this depressing really might ponder providing a suicide hotline number as so many people are suffering and drying for no reason. Best of luck to all of us.