“That makes our scramble harder.”AdvertisementNewsom said the state needs to hire 3,000 temporary contracted medical workers to meet increasing demands. The state also has 186 medical staff members deployed from the California National Guard and the California Medical Assistance Teams and has submitted requests to the federal government for medical personnel. In recent weeks, Newsom said the Health Corps now has about 900 people who are able to be deployed. Since the program was created, Newsom said Health Corps members have covered almost 3,000 shifts at 143 facilities. Dr. Mark Ghaly, the California Health and Human Services secretary, said typically California would turn to staffing agencies for those kinds of needs.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 16, 2020 00:15 UTC