Staffed as a 600 - bed hospital , it held 732 patients on 6 October .
Due to the prospect that Port Moresby might fall , it was sent without its nurses or Australian Army Medical Women 's Service physiotherapists .
Staffed as a 600 - bed hospital , Port Moresby held 732 patients on 6 October .
Due to the prospect that Port Moresby might fall , it was sent without its nurses or Australian Army Medical Women 's Service physiotherapists .