20 federal health care workers to help with COVID in Spokane

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Providence Health Care in Spokane announced Friday it had requested federal resources to help address an increasing number of COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Providence requested the resources through the Washington State Department of Health and they expected a team of health care providers from the Department of Defense to arrive in Spokane over the weekend.

A team of 20 people will be on site at Sacred Heart Medical Center, including doctors, respiratory therapists and nurses.

As of Friday, the Spokane Regional Health District reported 151 people in Spokane County were hospitalized with COVID-19.

Also as of Friday, the Washington Department of Health reported nearly 27% of the state’s ICUs were occupied by COVID-19 patients.

The Department of Defense has also provided Kootenai Health, North Idaho’s largest hospital, with a 20-person medical team that includes 14 nurses, four physicians and two respiratory therapists.

Kootenai Health is still not conducting elective surgeries and still is operating under crisis standards of care. (AP)

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