Guard Troops Deploy To Deaconess To Help With Coronavirus Staffing Shortages

Evansville IN

27 September, 2021

2:38 PM

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By Steve Burger, WNIN Sept. 27, 2021 As high hospitalization numbers continue due to the Delta variant of the coronavirus, Army National Guard troops have been deployed to assist with staffing shortages at two Deaconess hospitals. According to a Deaconess spokesperson, the Army Guard teams were deployed Friday to assist with staffing needs at Deaconess facilities. They will be here for the next week. The Hospital Crisis Response Teams were sent to Evansville by the Indiana Department of Health. Five Guard personnel are assigned to Deaconess Midtown and five at Deaconess Gateway. They are a combination of medical and non-medical personnel. The medical personnel will help with things like blood tests, taking patients' vital signs and general patient care. Non-medical personnel will help with cleaning, meal deliveries, and patient transport. Two more COVID 19-related deaths are reported in southwest Indiana. Six more COVID 19-related deaths are reported in the Evansville area. Vanderburgh County has reached a new milestone in the battle against COVID-19. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.