National Guardsmen arrive, go to work in emergency rooms
A member of the National Guard waits outside the Baptist Memorial Hospital Emergency Room on Aug. 20, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
At Baptist, they extend the reach of nurses from four to six patients and allow beds to open.
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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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