Health SAN DIEGO (Aug. 4, 2020) Ensign Kaitlyn Leibing, right, a staff nurse assigned to one of Naval Medical Center San Diego’s (NMCSD) internal medicine wards, helps Hospitalman Angela Mello, a general duty corpsman assigned to NMCSD, don personal protective equipment (PPE), including a 3D-printed face shield donated to the hospital by Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, before entering a COVID-19-positive, non-critical patient’s room, Aug. 4, 2020. Face shields, N95 respirator masks, gloves and gowns are some of the PPE required to enter COVID-19-patient spaces. NMCSD’s mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jake Greenberg) 200804-N-DA693-1016
