Gov. Mike DeWine has mobilized 1,050 members of the Ohio National Guard, effective from Dec. 20, to help with staffing shortages at hospitals because of the increasing number of people with the CCP (Communist China Party) virus. In addition to the guard, the Department of Health is also working with a health care staffing company to help meet hospital needs, the governor’s office announced Dec. 17. An agreement will allow hospitals to bring in qualified nurses and other providers from out of state to fill needed positions and ease some of the pressure on hospitals and staff. More than 4,700 people fighting COVID-19 are currently hospitalized in Ohio and that equates to one in every five hospital patients. It is the highest number of people in hospital with COVID-19 this year, and the number of hospitalized patients is rapidly approaching an all-time high, according to information from the health department. Of the National Guard …
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