Hennepin Healthcare Workers Crushed By Cost Of Gunfire: "It's A Public Health Emergency Crisis"

By Jennifer Mayerle, CBS Minnesota

April 3, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — The pandemic took a real toll on our healthcare workers. But right now, another public health crisis has become just as crushing.

Last year alone, Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis treated more than 1,500 shooting victims. That averages out to four a day. Eighty-five percent of them are now survivors.

"All you see is young, previously healthy people in pain and suffering and scared," Dr. Jim Miner said.

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