The team, which includes doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and logistics experts, heard they were being deployed to Alaska just two days earlier.
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Alaska Native Medical Center is the third hospital to move to crisis standards of care
The Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage said Friday it has begun operating under crisis standards of care.
Anchorage hospitals delay surgeries to cope with COVID overload
Operations that might be put off include vascular surgery for a heart bypass, cancerous tumor removal or joint replacement.
Alaska hospital execs issue stark warning as COVID-19 surge continues
Leaders of Alaska’s largest hospitals say a steep rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations is straining a health care system that’s already struggling with staffing shortages and a burned-out workforce.
‘Thankful for everything they’ve done’: Anchorage students turn health workers’ selfies into art
“Especially during the pandemic, when it’s just so crazy, it’s nice to have something happy,” one nurse said.
The Trump administration joined with tribes to get vaccines to rural and Indigenous Alaskans. Here’s how.
So far, the federal government has distributed more than 35,000 doses to Alaska tribes — on top of the 78,000 doses it’s delivered to Alaska’s state government. And more than 250,000 doses have been dedicated to tribes nationwide through the Indian Health Service.