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Ron DeSantis: “We were able to send 1900 medical personnel to hospitals.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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8/3/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Press Conference in Fort Lauderdale

Published | Video Starts at 11:05

We've had bed capacity the whole time. Certain areas of the state, because of the increased admissions, those frontline workers worked extremely, extremely hard, particularly in Dade and Broward. And so We were able to send 1900 medical personnel to hospitals. We have more, at my direction, that can be deployed. 150 of the personnel are working right here at Broward Health. (11:05–11:13)

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