officer at the louisvill hospital that cared for severa of yesterday s victims doctor jason smith begge policymakers to do something about the gun violence tha plagues his emergency room his city and this entire country i ll be honest. caring for three shootin victims plus the other tha came in is not an infrequent day for us in the events surrounding this made this obviously much mor difficult but to be honest wit you we barely had to adjust ou operating schedule to be abl to do this that s how frequent we are having to deal with gu violence in our community. i m weary. there s only so many times you can walk into a room until someone they re not coming hom tomorrow i m a doctor i don t know what the answers are, but everyon who helps mike policy both a state city federal i would simply ask you to do something
in the events surrounding this made this obviously much mor difficult but to be honest wit you we barely had to adjust ou operating schedule to be abl to do this that s how frequent we are having to deal with gu violence in our community. i m weary. there s only so many times you can walk into a room until someone they re not coming hom tomorrow i m a doctor i don t know what the answers are, but everyon who helps mike policy both a state city federal i would simply ask you to do something because doing something whic is what we ve been doing is no working. now for now a solution is not evident in deep re kentucky or on the federal level with a divided congres but there is one state that is about to implement a big ste in the right direction and assault weapons ban. let s talk to the governor signing that bill into law next
were rushed to the hospita after the shooting to be honest with you, we barely had to adjust our operating room schedule to b able to do this. that is how frequent we ar having to deal with gu violence in our community. for 15 years i ve cared with victims of violence and gunsho wounds and people say i am tired. it is more than tired. i m weary. there s only so many times you can walk into a room and tel someone they are not comin home tomorrow. and it just breaks your hear when you hear someone screamin mommy or daddy it just becomes too hard to everyone who helps make policy, both at state city, federal. i would simply ask you to do something. because doing nothing, which i what we have been doing, is no working. according to the gu violence archive, there have been 147 mass shootings this year and look at the calendar it is only april
know what the answers are. i m a doctor. i don t know what the answers are. but to everyone who helps make policy, both at state city federal i would simply ask you to do something. because doing nothing, which is what we ve been doing is not working. we have to do something. because this is just getting out of hand across our city and across this great nation of ours. sorry officer. yeah. so, um. he s still in the icu. he s still sedated. and i again i apologize . i am not going to release any other information for the patients that were still taking care of. because yesterday the next 24 hours are going to be very intense. still the same sense today. yes so he s still in critical condition. er icu. he s being treated by our neurosurgery team being treated by our trauma team and our anesthesia teams, uh and it s
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