Health & Fitness
IL Deploying More Than 2,000 Healthcare Workers To Overworked Hospitals
The governor said there are already 919 state healthcare workers helping staff hospitals that have been hit hardest by COVID-19 cases.
ILLINOIS (CBS CHICAGO) — Pritzker said Tuesday that the state is bringing in 2.048 contract healthcare workers across the state to help relieve the pressure on hospitals amid the latest surge of the pandemic, fueled by the virulent Omicron variant.
The governor said there are already 919 of those healthcare workers helping staff hospitals that have been hit hardest by COVID-19 cases, with another 552 arriving at hospitals by next Friday. The state also has created “COVID reaction teams” to respond quickly to crisis situations at hospitals and other healthcare facilities, with 237 healthcare workers in the field already, and another 340 arriving over the next 10 days.
