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Ionia County calls for volunteers with medical experience during COVID-19 pandemic

The Ionia County Health Department is creating a list of medically experienced individuals as a precautionary measure.
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A nurse holds swabs and a test tube kit to test people for COVID-19, the disease that is caused by the new coronavirus, at a drive through station set up in the parking lot of the Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., Monday, March 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

IONIA COUNTY, Mich. — The Ionia County Health Department, Ionia County Emergency Management, and Sparrow Ionia Hospital are asking for volunteers with medical experience.

The organizations are creating a list of volunteers as a precaution due to the changing COVID-19 pandemic.

The list is a result of the County's review and planning process and volunteers will not be immediately called.

The county requests than anyone with past or present experience in the following fields and are willing the volunteer contact the county by calling 211 or emailing Ionia-Montcalm United Way at haley.mclean@liveunitedm-i.org.

These are the fields of interest:

  • Doctors
  • RN’s
  • LPN’s
  • CNA’s
  • EMT’s
  • MFR’s
  • Dentist
  • Medical Assistants
  • Medical equipment maintenance and repair
  • Hospital/Medical Office Admissions

For more information visit the Ionia County Emergency Management website.

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