Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp
Brian KempJudge bans photographs of Georgia’s election law More than 23,000 students and staff forced to quarantine in Atlanta metropolitan area open GOP breakout on resettlement of Afghan refugees MORE (R) issued an order this week to deploy more than 100 national guards to hospitals across the state to help hospital staff amid a wave of coronavirus infections that have brought emergencies to capacity.
“These guards will help our front-line health workers as they provide quality medical care during the current increase in cases and hospitalizations, and I am very grateful to the general public. [Tom] Carden and his team for their willingness to answer the call again in our fight against COVID-19, “Kemp said, according to WSBTV.
“This Georgia National Guard mission adds to the 2,800 state-supported officers and 450 new beds I announced last week, with a total investment of $ 625 million as of December this year,” added. “I continue to urge all Georgians to talk to a medical professional about vaccination.”
According to reports, soldiers and airmen would begin arriving in the state as early as Tuesday to support Georgia’s ten most tense hospitals, the head of the Georgia National Guard told WSBTV.
Georgia has experienced a 58% increase in coronavirus cases over the past 14 days, according to data collected by The New York Times. Peach’s state also averages more than 8,000 new cases a day.
“From our point of view, the main contributor is the spread of the virus to the unvaccinated population of the community,” said John Delzell, a doctor at the Northeast Georgia Hospital System, according to WSBTV.
His hospital system is one of the hardest hit in the state, according to the news source.
Delzell said he is more concerned about staffing and space as the hospital system prepares to face another potential increase in COVID-19 cases.
“Everyone is very tired. It has never really disappeared, ”said Delzell.
General Thomas Carden with the Georgia National Guard told the dam that its deployment does not have a set end date at this time.
“[It will be] whenever necessary, ”said Carden. “The first groups we send are doctors, some are doctors.”
Grady Health System welcomed the decision in a statement.
“Grady is very grateful for the assistance of the National Guard provided by Governor Kemp,” he said, according to WSBTV. “Grady Hospital has an overcrowded capacity, our emergency room is in critical mass, but the Grady team will continue to work tirelessly to provide exceptional care to all who enter through our doors. The on-call staff is a much needed additional resource to continue doing this. “