UW-MADISON.
>> THIS WEEK SOME 80 NATIONAL
GUARD MEMBERS TOOK PART IN NURSE
TRAINING, A STEP THE STATE IS
TAKING TO PROVIDE HEALTH TO THE
STRAINED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN
WISCONSIN.
THE GUARD TROOPS WILL HAVE SPENT
TEN DAYS TRAINING AT MADISON
COLLEGE AND WILL BE DEPLOYED
AROUND THE STATE.
>> THERE IS A TREMENDOUS NEED
FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AT
THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE SEE THAT OUR HOSPITALS ARE
FULL, OUR LONG-TERM CARE
FACILITIES ARE FULL.
WE HAVE JUST REACHED OUR
TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH COVID.
AND OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
ARE BEYOND EXHAUSTED.
AND THEY DESPERATELY NEED OUR
HELP.
WHEN THEY ARE DEPLOYED ACROSS
WISCONSIN COMMUNITIES IN
GREATEST NEED, THEY WILL HAVE
THOSE SKILLS IN HAND THAT THEY
CAN THEN BE IMMEDIATELY
PROVIDING HANDS-ON CARE TO OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN NEED.
>> I HAVE SOME FAMILY MEMBERS
THAT ARE IN NURSING AND WORK AT
HOSPITALS AND THEY ARE
STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT, AT
LEAST FROM WHAT THEY'VE TOLD ME,
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
COOL TO GO HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR
STATE AND THE PEOPLE.
>> OFFICIALS AT MADISON COLLEGE
SAY THERE COULD BE ANOTHER CLASS
OF 80 GUARD MEMBERS RECEIVING