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Lee OKs use of National Guard in hospitals amid virus surge

by Jonathan Mattise
| December 4, 2020 3:06 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has authorized medically trained National Guard members to fill nursing roles, drive ambulances and perform coronavirus testing for hospitals that have been increasingly overstretched on staffing while they care for a climbing number of coronavirus patients.

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