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National Guard helps fill Philly-area hospital staff shortages

Hospitals stretched thin treating a surge of COVID-19 patients with a depleted staff have found a lifeline in the National Guard.

Brenda Disabatino, a nurse manager at ChristianaCare’s Christiana Hospital in Newark, talks to a team of National Guard members who arrived Tuesday Jan. 11 to help with COVID-19 response.
Brenda Disabatino, a nurse manager at ChristianaCare’s Christiana Hospital in Newark, talks to a team of National Guard members who arrived Tuesday Jan. 11 to help with COVID-19 response.Read moreCourtesy of ChristianaCare
    by Sarah Gantz
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