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>> reporter: and the other two with the army national guard. all three have medical training. >> doing okay? >> i think so. >> reporter: national guard member, justin lightner is working with one of the hospitals registered nurses. theyre taking care of lows murray, who just got transferred out of the intensive care unit. >> there we go. all good. >> we decided to join the national guard after seeing what happened on 9/11 in kindergarten? >> i just wanted to help my community. grrks they have th...

Employees of the hospital. they are with -- >> the air national guard. >> reporter: and the other two are with the army national guard. all three have memory training. >> lets check out this arm over here. are you doing okay? >> i dont think so. >> reporter: justin lightner is working with one of the registered nurses. they are taking care of 88-year-old covid patient lois murray, who just got transferred out of intensive care unit. >> there you go. give me a second. all good. >> you decided to ...

Maryland, delaware and georgia mobilized national guard members to assist hospitals with patient karas staff shortages increase. gary tuchman is in cleveland for us. 400 metro health hospital employees are down with covid this morning. that seems like a lot. what have you learned? >> reporter: yeah, john. they have 5,000 employees but 400 are not coming to work because they have covid. now, we are here in cleveland, invited to spend several hours. one of the largest hospitals in this city so we ...