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It seems from time to time this blog has noted the subject of trauma centers on the south side of town. There aren't any at all and that's the subject of this post from
Progress Illinois. This took place on Wednesday and participants marched to the University of Chicago hospital to protest this very fact. Here's the reasoning for a trauma center on this part of town:
Currently, South Sides residents that need treatment for traumatic
injuries have to travel long distances to a hospital on the North or
West Sides of the city or the suburbs. In an area with a high
concentration of trauma cases,
particularly due to gun violence, experts and activists say
the consequences of such long travels can be dire, costing lives. At
the hearing, Dr. Marie
Crandall of Northwestern University, who last year published research
showing the link between mortality rates and travel times, said gunshot victims more than five miles away from a trauma center have a 21
percent higher mortality rate.
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