The city of Boston has already had 128 shootings this year. Thanks to advances in medicine, many victims are fortunately surviving.
But surviving a shooting is painful and costly, and victims don’t just suffer physical and financial pain. paid in the form
Roca CEO and Founder Molly Baldwin said:
Roca is a Massachusetts-wide outreach group focused on stopping the cycle of urban violence and poverty. When someone is shot, Roca seeks to help that person or their family get the support and help they need in the days, months and years after the shooting.
“Everyone who is a victim of gun violence has experienced at least one traumatic event. “It can affect their brains, thinking and functioning.”
Every victim of gun violence has experienced at least one traumatic event. Most of the young people we know have multiple, and often ongoing, complex traumas.
Molly Baldwin
Over time, that trauma spreads from the survivor to the family and ultimately the community. It all has to come with the serious health and financial loss of someone getting shot.
Dr. Jirui Song, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, said: .
In a recently published paper, Journal of the American Medical Associationhe makes an economic case for reducing gun violence.
“The biggest takeaway from this study is the serious health and economic impact of gun violence, especially non-fatal firearm injuries, in the United States,” Song said.
According to research, the average cost of medical care for a gunshot survivor jumps to $30,000 in the first year alone. Song said that they are subscribed, so the public will ultimately bear the costs. “
Taxpayers or workers pay most of the direct medical costs resulting from non-fatal gunshot wounds through wage waivers,” he said.
according to Survey conducted by Everytown For gun safety, the combined cost of treating victims, prosecuting shooters, and quality of life costs the United States $557 billion annually in gun injuries.
“Survivors are not only feeling the effects on their health and economy, but also on their families and society as a whole,” Song said.
Baldwin, frankly, laments the normalization of gun violence in America despite the staggering cost to all of us.
“What happens when you start raising your children thinking they might get shot and die young? How do you help them stay safe?” Baldwin said, “We keep making things worse. ‘ said.
