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Trauma centers weathered increase in gun violence from Philadelphia's hardest-hit COVID areas

from Mirage News

Trauma centers weathered increase in gun violence from Philadelphia's hardest-hit COVID areas Mirage News While Philadelphia's Level 1 trauma centers saw a 20% drop in patients during the first month and a half of the COVID-19 outbreak, there was a 5% increase in penetrating trauma across the city at that time, including a 20% spike in gunshots and stabbings that were handled at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. The patients who were injured came largely from the neighborhoods hit hardest by COVID-19, according to a study that compiled these numbers and was published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. Despite these significant increases, the study's authors explained that the city's hospitals were able to handle them due to a coordinated response between them all. READ MORE

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