US hospital ship returns after treating Venezuelan migrants

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A U.S. Navy hospital ship has returned home after its crew treated thousands of people in Central and South America, including migrants who fled crisis-wracked Venezuela.
Kevin Buckley, the commanding officer for medical operations on the USNS Comfort, said Tuesday that 26,000 people were treated for anything from hernias to cataracts.
Buckley spoke on a pier at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia where the Comfort is based.
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