to see him here in el paso. thank you for that reporting. earlier, our reporter spoke to the trauma director from dell saw medical, treating patients on the day of the shooting. joining me, blayne alexander. what did you learn? reporter: well, ali, that s exactly it, the perspective of somebody that s been inside this hospital almost day in and out since saturday, seeing the firsthand toll that it can take emotional on the doctors and medical workers. that s a perspective we don t often get to see. i sat down with dr. steven flaherty that runs the trauma center here, and he talked about the fact that this is something that will continue to take ee emotional toll on people here for days, weeks, maybe years to come. here s a little from the conversation earlier today. this is one of the rooms you took care of the patients. what s it like to be back in this room?
my sincere compliments to the entire team, for the work they have done in what has been a nearly impossible situation. i m going to ask dr. flaherty to come in and share more. dr. flaherty? over the course of the past 48 hours, my partners, jodi smith, and their adopted partner from william beaumont army medical center, have been providing surgical support and intervention to patients involved in the shootings. we have been providing continuous care in the intensive care unit to these most critically injured patients. at times there been more than one of us present in the icu. unfortunately, these wounds have been devastating and major, and
of the del sol medical center, david shimp, letting us know another patient within the past hour, another victim of that shooting in el paso, has passed away. taking the number 222. we heard from dr. steven flaherty, as well, talking about the families and the trauma there. at one point, breaking down in tears himself and talking about all that trauma center has done to try and help those victims. again, the death toll now rising by one, 222. we ll be right back. ers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they re always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. we re the tenney s and we re usaa members for life. call usaa to start saving on insurance today.
area. i m sorry. i have to shift gears.3 let s listen. now the real care is happening and continuing to make sure that the 11 victims we have received are continuing to progress. i m going to ask dr. flaherty to share a little bit morepatients. dr. flaherty? steven flaherty. i m the trauma medical director here at del sol medical center. our thrauts and prayers are with the victims, their families, people taking care of similar patients and our colleagues across the country in ohio going through the same processes. we have 11 patients come to us yesterday. they ranged in age from 35 to 82 years old. eight of them are in stable