Pentagon Deploys 1000 Troops To Help Take Covid-Related Pressure Off Civilian Hospitals
By RTTNews Staff Writer ✉ | Published: 1/14/2022 10:36 AM ET
pentagon jan14 lt
The Pentagon has announced that an additional 1,000 military personnel will be made available to help the Biden administration combat the nationwide Omicron-driven surge in the pandemic.
During a meeting with the media Thursday, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said that the first of an additional 1,000 active duty service members will be teamed up next week to deploy in civilian hospitals across the U.S. to help take pressure off medical staff there as they battle the effects of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
This is in addition to 400 troops currently assisting civilian hospitals across the United States.
The first batch of troops will be headed to six facilities: Cleveland Clinic; Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, New York; Rhode Island Hospital in Providence; Henry Ford Hospital just outside of Detroit; University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque; and University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey.
https://www.rttnews.com/3255178/pentagon-deploys-1000-troops-to-help-take-covid-related-pressure-off-civilian-hospitals.aspx?type=ts
