The Arkansas National Guard announced Jan. 6 in a press release that 40 National Guardsmen from the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will deploy to nine hospitals across that state to assist local health care facilities as case numbers rise.
Jefferson Regional Medical Center is among nine hospitals that will receive assistance from the Arkansas National Guard to fight covid-19 beginning Tuesday, according to a news release.
As Arkansas continues setting records for daily increases of COVID-19 infections, members of the National Guard have received their assignments to assist at hospitals and local health units around the state.
Forty members of the Arkansas National Guard from the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will deploy to nine hospitals, including four facilities in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley, to assist with and help speed up covid-19 testing.