How badly wounded are the injured?
How badly wounded are the injured?
Orlando Regional Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center, admitted 44 patients after the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub. Nine other shooting victims were declared dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, said Dr. Michael Cheatham, the hospital’s chief surgical quality officer.
Doctors have operated on 26 victims so far.
“Many of the gun shot wounds were fairly severe,” Cheatham said. “Many trunk, abdomen and extreme gunshot wounds. Our operating room has been quite busy all day long with those injuries.”
Eleven victims were sent to Florida Hospital Orlando.
“Our hearts are broken and we share in our community’s grief,” the hospital said in a statement. “We mourn for those killed in this horrific incident, and we are praying for their loved ones, as well as for healing for the wounded.”
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