U.S. Army Medical Team Returns from Idaho After Assisting Kootenai Health with COVID Surge

(Coeur d'Alene, ID) -- A medical team from the U.S. Army is leaving Idaho after helping Kootenai Health through surge of COVID-19 cases. The team of about 20 nurses, respiratory therapists, and doctors arrived over Labor Day weekend to alleviate strain on the Idaho healthcare system.

We said goodbye to theses incredible servicemen and women who helped care for our community over the last three months....

Posted by Kootenai Health on Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Idaho Governor Brad Little and Washington Governor Jay Inslee were recently at odds after hospitals in Spokane requested that Idaho responders stop sending COVID patients across the state border to their facilities.