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CAUTION, KEEP THE KIDS SAFE.
THANK YOU.
>> LET ME ALSO ECHO AGAIN MY
APPRECIATION FOR COMMISSIONER
DR. JOE MARSHALL BECAUSE OMEGA
BOYS CLUB HAS BEEN A GREAT
PARTNER.
THEY ARE PART OF OUR EFFORT TO
ORGANIZE COMMUTES, TO INTERVENE
AS EARLY AS WE CAN, AND I
TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE CHIEF
THAT THESE PARTICULAR GUNS, IF
YOU LOOK AT THEM UP FRONT AND
CLOSE, YOU'LL SEE THEY REALLY
SHOULDN'T BE IN ANYBODY'S
HOMES.
THEY'RE DESIGNED TO KILL FOLKS.
MANY OF THEM MILITARY STYLE.
I THINK TO BRING HOME THE REAL
STORY HERE IS DR. ANDREI
CAMPBELL OF OUR SAN FRANCISCO
GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND ALSO ON
STAFF AT UCSF.
HE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF WORLD
CLASS TRAUMA CENTER THAT WE
HAVE.
AND IF YOU GO DAY TO DAY, AND
CERTAINLY WITH THE 67 HOMICIDES
THAT WE HAVE WITH THE NUMBERS
OF BODIES THAT WERE SHOWING UP
AND PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN UP, MANY
OF WHICH HE SAVED, MANY OF
WHICH HE COULDN'T SAVE THAT
WERE VICTIMS OF BULLETS AND
VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE IN
OUR CITY, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S
ANOTHER GOOD REASON AS TO WHY
WE NEED TO DO AS MUCH
PREVENTION AS WE CAN.
DR. CAMPBELL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR LEE,
SUPERVISOR COHEN, CHIEF SUHR,
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS.
MY NAME IS DR. ANDREI CAMPBELL
AND I'VE WORKED AT SAN
FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR
THE PAST 19 YEARS AS A TRAUMA
SURGEON.
BEFORE I CAME TO SAN FRANCISCO
I WORKED IN NEW YORK.
I HAVE 24 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
OF CARING FOR VICTIMS IN TWO
MAJOR CITIES IN OUR GREAT
COUNTRY.
THIS WEEK ALL OF US HAVE
WATCHED WITH HORROR THE EVENTS
IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT, WITH
GREAT SADNESS AS WE LEARNED THE
DEVASTATION THAT ONE PERSON
BROUGHT ON THAT QUIET
COMMUNITY.
I'VE SEEN THE DEVASTATION THAT
GUNS HAVE VISITED ON VICTIMS OF
CRIME.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THE
VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS
THEY STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST
WEEK.
SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL
IS THE ONLY TRAUMA CENTER IN
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
FRANCISCO AND IN THE U.S.
IT IS, IN FACT, I THINK, THE
BEST TRAUMA CENTER IN THE
UNITED STATES.
WE STAND READY 24/7 TO CARE FOR
ANY INJURED PATIENT IN THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
WE ALSO AT GENERAL HOSPITAL ARE
CARING FOR UNINSURED AND
UNDERINSURED PEOPLE WHO COME IN
AFTER INJURED.
WE ALSO REPRESENT -- I ALSO
REPRESENT THOUSANDS OF
DEDICATED PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS,
NURSES, ADMINISTRATION AND
THERAPISTS WHO CARE FOR THE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PATIENTS WHO COME TO OUR
HOSPITAL.
I HAVE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO
PROVIDING CARE FOR INJURED
PATIENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT TO
PROVIDE CARE FOR THE VICTIMS OF
VIE LERTCTIONV CRIME.
WE RELY HEAVILY ON OUR MANY
TRAINED PROFESSIONALS 20 HELP
US DO OUR WORK EACH DAY.
AFTER PERSONS INJURED DUE TO
SHOOTING AFTER THE SCENE,
PEOPLE GO THERE, PUBLIC
FIREFIGHTERS AND SERVANTS.
THE TRAUMA SURGEONS, EMERGENCY
PHYSICIANS ANESTHESIOLOGISTS,
ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS, NURSES,
THERAPISTS AND MANY, MANY
OTHERS WHO COME TO HELP US WORK
ON THE PATIENT.
AND WE DO THIS FOR EVERY SINGLE
PERSON WHO IS INJURED.
WE BRING ALL THE RESOURCES
THERE.
WE CAN TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SAVE
AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN EACH
DAY.
THE REALITY AND SADNESS IS WE
MAY SAVE MANY, BUT WE CAN'T
SAVE EVERYONE.
OVER THE YEARS I HAVE SEEN
MASSIVE INCREASE IN THE FIRE
POWER WITNESSES BEFORE YOU
TODAY.
THESE GUNS ARE MORE POWERFUL
AND DESTRUCTION ARE PROFOUND.
FROM AK-47S, OTHER
ASSAULT-STYLE WEAPONS, HAND
GUN, EXTENDED CLIPS, HOLLOW
POINT BULLETS, BLACK TALON
WEAPONS, BULLETS AND OTHER
THINGS LIKE THAT, I'VE SEEN
THEM AND THE WORK THAT -- THE
PROBLEMS THEY CAUSE EACH DAY.
THE LARGER WEAPONS CREATE
ABSOLUTE DEVASTATION IN THE
VICTIMS.
WHEN THEY STRIKE A VICTIM, IT'S
LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF.
I STRUGGLE WITH ALL THE
DEDICATED TEAM MEMBERS TO SAVE
THEIR LIVES AS IT'S REAL A A
BATTLE AGAINST LIFE AND DEATH.
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE
OVERWHELMING MORTAL WOUNDS AND
I CANNOT SAVE THEM.
WE SAVE A LOT, BUT WE CAN'T
SAVE EVERYONE.
THEY HAVE MASSIVE CHEST,
ABDOMINAL, LEG, HEAD WOUNDS
THAT BECOME -- THAT ARE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THESE LARGE
WEAPONS IN FROTH OF YOU.
-- FRONT OF YOU.
THEY ARE THE VICTIMS, BUT THEIR
FAMILIES THAT ARE ALSO INJURED
WHEN OR HAVE PROBLEMS AFTER THE
SHOOTING.
WHEN A VICTIM DIES IT LEAVES A
HOLE IN THE FAMILY.
THEY CAN'T EVER FORGET THE
DEVASTATED MOTHERS, FATHER'S,
SISTERS, BROTHERS, THAT ARE
STRUGGLING WITH LOSS.
THE WAY OF A MOTHER IS UNIQUE
SOUND AS SHE SCREAMS, MY BABY
IS DEAD, MY BABY IS DEAD.
** WAIL
IT IS A TERRIBLE SOUND, I WISH
I WOULD HAVE TO NEVER HEAR IT
AGAIN.
PART OF THE PROCESS OF MAKING
SURE THESE LETHAL WEAPONS ARE
OFF THE STREET.
IF WE SAVE THE PATIENT, THEY
HAVE TO DEAL WITH MANY
OPERATIONS, ICU CARE, POST TAU
MATT HE -- POSTTRAUMATIC
STRESS.
HEAD INJURIES, DISFIGURING
OPERATIONS AND LONG-TERM CARE
AND MANY, MANY OTHER SERIOUS
PROBLEMS.
WE CANNOT FORGET THE PHYSICAL
SCARS, BUT THERE'S ALSO
EMOTIONAL SCARS AFTER THEY ARE
INJURED.
AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL
HOSPITAL A NUMBER OF GUNSHOT
WOUNDS HAS DECLINED IN RECENT
YEARS.
IN 2007 WE CARED FOR 381
SHOOTING VICTIMS IN OUR
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
2011, THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE
DATA ON, THAT NUMBER IS NOW 182
SHOOTING VICTIMS.
WHILE THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL
DROP, I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT ONE
IS TOO MANY.
THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT THE
PATIENTS WHO ARE TRANSPORTED TO
THE HOSPITAL, NOT THE VICTIMS
WHO DIED AT THE SCENE OR DO NOT
COME IN FOR CARE.
MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED FROM
HOMICIDES, BUT SUICIDE TAKING
ONE'S LIFE WITH WEAPONS IS MUCH
MORE COMMON IN THE UNITED
STATES.
IT IS A SILENT KILLER SINCE
MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE
DIE OF SUICIDE THAN HOMICIDE
HISTORICALLY IN THE UNITED
STATES.
THERE IS AN HEP DIM I CAN OF
VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTED WITH
GUNS AND IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC
HEALTH PROBLEM THAT WE MUST
CONFRONT HEAD ON.
**
IT IS INCIDENTS LIKE THIS PAST
WEEK BRING THESE TERRIBLE
CRIMES OUT IN THE PUBLIC, BUT
THE REALITY IS PEOPLE ARE
KILLED EVERY DAY IN THIS
COUNTRY WITH WEAPONS THAT
PERMANENTLY CHANGE THE LIVES OF
THE FAMILIES THAT THEY ARE
WITH.
IN CONCLUSION, I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK THE MAYOR FOR INVITING ME
OUT TO STAND WITH SUPERVISOR
COHEN, POLICE CHIEF SUR, TO
SUPPORT SENSIBLE GUN CONTROL.
THE TRAUMA CENTER STANDS READY
TO CARE FOR VICTIMS.
ANY INITIATIVE THAT CAN REDUCE
GUNS IN MY OPINION WILL MAKE
THE STREETS AND THE CITIES AND
COUNTIES -- CITIES LIKE SAN
FRANCISCO A MUCH SAFER PLACE TO