This post pays tribute to all the brave aid workers and men and women who provide medical services and emergency care in disaster areas and war zones, risking their lives for nothing other than helping a fellow human being. Their brave work inspired me to draw a fictional hospital aircraft carrier (that is a crossover of the CVX concept aircraft carrier for South Korea, the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy’s USNS Comfort hospital ship).
Imagine all G20 member states and the five wealthiest corporations and five richest people on the planet, all donating a fraction of their wealth to fund the construction of a class of four Disaster Relief Ships-Hospital Aircraft Carriers to be deployed throughout the world under the flag of the UN and staffed by members of the WHO, the Red Cross and a number of other NGOs, offering free healthcare to the poorest regions in the world, as well as providing a powerful first aid- and disaster relief capability to areas struck by natural disasters, or war. How cool would that be?
The conventional powered hospital aircraft carrier has a main flight deck that can handle a wide range of (military) helicopters and UAVs, and also has a auxiliary deck at the stern for small rotary-wing drones, and a well deck that allows vessels such as boats, landing craft and amphibious vehicles to dock within the ship to bring all kinds of aid from the ship to shore, and bring wounded people back to the ship for medical treatment.
The ship has its own air wing with eight V-22 Ospreys 🚁 plus several UAVs that it carries on deck, or inside the ship’s hangar.
The state-of-the-art onboard hospital has capabilities and advanced equipment comparable to the best hospitals ashore. The ship also has a unique production facility with advanced 3D printers that can print a wide range of tools for use on the ship, as well as outside, in areas damaged by natural disasters or war.
In accordance with the Geneva Conventions, the ship and her crew carry no offensive weapons, but a number of defensive systems can be optionally installed throughout the ship.
