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US Air National Guards Run Short of Doctors
December 03, 2007 at 4:58 PM
General Health News
For instance Dr. Bryan Delage is the lone flight surgeon for a unit that should have four doctors taking care of its pilots and support staff, and that's on top of his 80-hour-a-week family practice in Ortonville, Minnesotta, more than 100 miles away.
'I'm afraid we're going to wear him out,' said Master Sgt. Glenda Edwardson, recruiting supervisor for the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Wing.
Recruiting medical personnel has become a first-class headache for Guard units throughout the country, especially in sparsely populated areas like eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota, news agency AP reports.
The Air National Guard (ANG) , often referred to as the Air Guard are a reserve component of the US Air Force.
The job of recruiting doctors recently was shifted from the active duty ANG, but that hasn't improved the success rate, said Master Sgt. Connie Erickson, a regional recruiter from Minneapolis.
'This is very much a national situation,' Erickson said. 'We're not getting the interest we once did. It's very challenging for us.'
At full strength, the Air National Guard would have about 2,500 health professionals, including doctors, nurses and dentists, said Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke, spokeswoman for the Guard Bureau in Washington. The Guard is 377 people short of that goal, she said.
'Our current situation is a priority,' Krenke said.
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