A hospital in Virginia is playing an important role in trying to stop the cycle of gun violence.
“[Gunshot victims] come into our hospital 24/7 and [we] haven’t really been able to predict when it’s going to happen,” said Dr. Jay Collins, a professor of surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Collins also serves at the trauma medical director at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.
Norfolk General is taking a proactive approach to reduce the rate of gun violence. In 2020, the hospital first implemented the Foresight Program, which puts gunshot survivors in touch with long-term care options, including mental health resources, insurance representatives and employment programs. “It is a slow process. Violence is an indicator for something so much bigger: trauma, and this is generational trauma,” said Angela Parker, team coordinator for the violence intervention program at Norfolk General.
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