Nurses at Lakeland Regional Health tell News Channel 8 they are facing  exhaustion as the number of COVID-19 patients increases rapidly and the hospital has had to start putting patients in overflow rooms again. The hospital is offering financial incentives to work extra shifts, the nurses say, and hospital officials are actively recruiting more nurses, seeking to add 150 as winter approaches.

Source: News Channel 8

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