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Air Force and Army military medical personnel, including doctors, nurses, and respiratory technicians, began their orientation at Community Regional Medical Center Tuesday morning.
The military reinforcements are among the Department of Defense medical teams being sent into four California hospitals to provide medical support alongside hospital staff as patient loads surge.
“Their primary mission is to support the intensive care unit,” says Fresno County EMS Director Dan Lynch.
“I’m very worried about the next few weeks.”–
Fresno County Interim Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra
The arrival of the military support teams is a bright spot in an otherwise dark period due to escalating COVID infections in Fresno County. California’s Department of Public Health extended the regional stay at home orders for both the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California regions on Tuesday.