$51M field hospital ready, but ‘there are not enough nurses’
“Staffing is a national and international problem,” said Richard Walker, interim chair of Emergency Medicine at UTHSC and chief executive of the CA field hospital. Walker, left, visited the site in May with Dr. Scott Strome (middle) and UT President Randy Boyd. (Submitted)
If the field hospital has to open, the region will be in a mess, Dr. Richard Walker says, and health care workers will be scarce.
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Dr. Richard Walker CA field hospital Dr. Scott Strome Steve Schwab Dr. Lynn Massingale U.S. District Judge Mark NorrisJane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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