Pentagon Medical University Students Decide to Graduate Early 7:31 on March 27 to strengthen medical activities

With the spread of the new coronavirus in the United States, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday that it has decided to hasten the graduation of more than 200 students attending a military-affiliated medical college to enhance medical care.

A U.S. Army Chief of Staff at McConville said at a press conference on Friday that he was working with retired military doctors and nurses and other healthcare professionals to make sure he could return to military duty. Did.

The U.S. Army has decided to establish field hospitals in New York and Seattle, where infections are spreading.

The Pentagon is preparing to dispatch a hospital ship to New York, and plans to refurbish unused New York hotels and college dormitory rooms into sickrooms, fearing a lack of medical facilities. The military has been strengthening its response.

According to the Army, more than 650 military medical workers will be dispatched to New York and more than 600 to Seattle, so that medical students can graduate sooner or call for retired military doctors to return. The idea is to secure medical staff.