Over 3,000 Retired Georgia Nurses Ask To Return to Fight Pandemic

A nurse adjusts her personal protective equipment (PPE) at a COVID-19 testing station in Stamford, Connecticut, on March 23, 2020. John Moore/Getty Images

Thousands of retired Georgia nurses have asked to come back to work to help with the state’s frontline medical response amid the spreading COVID-19 outbreak, according to a report.

Richard Lamphier, president of the Georgia Nurses Association, told CNN that between 3,000 and 3,500 retired nurses in the state have asked to return to work amid a critical shortage of nursing staff.