Several Michigan health workers deployed to assist with hurricane
9/20/2018
Women walk past a beached vessel on East Front Street in New Bern, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.
Several health workers from Michigan have deployed to North Carolina to assist the federal medical response to Hurricane Florence as part of the National Disaster Medical System.
David Ghesquiere, a paramedic/​firefighter from Macomb Township; Deborah Bricely, a nurse from Troy; Ryan Hennessey, a paramedic from Lambertville, and Ann Taylor, a pharmacist from Plymouth, are members of an NDMS Disaster Medical Assistance Team, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said.
NDMS is a federal program that supports communities with medical care, veterinary care, and mortuary assistance during disasters or public health emergencies.