US Navy team deployed to Indiana to support IU Health

A 20-person team of medical personnel from the U.S. Navy will deploy to Indiana to assist IU Health Methodist Hospital at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The military personnel include nurses, respiratory therapists and medical doctors, U.S. Army North said Monday in a press release.

Another 20-person team is being sent to Wisconsin to assist Bellin Hospital in Green Bay.

U.S. Army North said that there are 10 other teams currently working in other states — two in Colorado, three in Michigan, two in Minnesota, one in Montana and two in New Mexico.