US medical team helps man ER at LBJ Hospital

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US physicians nurses and respiratory therapists are now helping man the LBJ Hospital Emergency Room.

They are among a 15-member team from the US Department of Health and Human Services that arrived Saturday, as explained by Incident Team Leader for FEMA, Allison Pfaendler.

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Seven of the federal team members from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Army Corps of Engineers and HHS, who arrived a week ago, have now departed and will continue to assist the local Covid response, virtually.