As a maritime armed institution, the Marines naturally suffered a very high casualty rate.
As everyone knew, recruits were the easiest resource to obtain. There were far too many people on these seas who could not afford a meal. As long as they were given food and slightly better conditions, countless people were willing to join the Marines and become expendable rookie cannon fodder.
Veterans tempered by war, however, were valuable resources. A major purpose of the Marines' medical system was to keep those battle-hardened veterans alive whenever possible, help them recover, and turn them into capable soldiers with combat experience!
Marineford's medical support system, in particular, was exceptionally advanced. After all, anyone serving at Marine Headquarters was unlikely to be a recruit already. Even privates at Headquarters were mostly veterans transferred in from branch Marine bases, with relatively abundant combat experience and stronger fighting ability. They were therefore more precious, so naturally their medical care had to be maximized to ensure these combat elites could continue contributing to the Marines.
Thus, the military hospital near the edge of Marineford's residential district was the grandest and largest building on the entire island aside from the Fortress of Justice.
"Our Marine medical standards are quite impressive. We have quite a few renowned doctors from across the seas. Even the Kingdom of Drum, which calls itself a medical superpower, periodically takes the initiative to invite our military doctors over for study and exchange. We also have quite a few Devil Fruit users with medical abilities. You could say that as long as you didn't die on the spot and could be sent back to the hospital, keeping you alive would be no problem. Depending on the injury, as long as it wasn't permanent limb damage, you could basically recover completely! So when