How Los Angeles surgeons cope in the gang war zone

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By Frank Gardner @ BBC

Around 2,500 gunshot wounds a year are recorded in Los Angeles County, not including fatalities. That is at least six people shot and wounded every day. But how do paramedics and surgeons deal with such a tide of bloodshed?

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We hear so much about Chicago – why not this? And in other cities? I know we hear next to nothing here and why – they don't want to tarnish the city for tourists. But, elsewhere?

 

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Los Angeles hospitals are where battlefield doctors get their training.