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Gov. Greg Abbott requests 2,500 agency nurses to help overloaded hospitals


August 12, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — More than 2,500 contracted medical staff will be flown in from out-of-state to help Texas hospitals grapple with the COVID-19 delta surge. Darrell Pile, the CEO of the SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council, said the rate of hospitalizations across the state is overwhelming. “It’s unprecedented. I really thought when we experienced [Hurricane Harvey] that I had …

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