UK: Rise of Extreme Knife Violence Sees Hospitals Forced to Adopt ‘Military Practice’ – IOTW Report

UK: Rise of Extreme Knife Violence Sees Hospitals Forced to Adopt ‘Military Practice’

 

 

Breitbart: The rise of extreme knife violence, including machete attacks and torture, has seen hospitals forced to take on “military practice” in order to deal with the level of severe injuries now inflicted on UK streets.

Trauma units across the country have had to send staff to be trained in warzone-type emergency medicine techniques as A&E departments are faced with patients suffering life-threatening knife wounds with increasing frequency, according to a 2019 report.

The lead surgeon and major trauma director at St Mary’s, Paddington, Dr Shehan Hettiaratchy, said the “incredibly demanding” nature of treating knife crime victims has seen the London hospital finding vacant staff positions “difficult to fill”.

As the number of patients who were shot and stabbed increased to 26 and 352, respectively, last year, so too has the risk of gang violence ‘spilling over’ into the hospital wards, he said.

“We’ve had to expand our skill set [with methods that] aren’t commonplace and are are developed from military practice, like taking someone who is bleeding out straight to the operating theatre.”

Dr Adrian Boyle at Addenbrooke’s Hospital described how the “small numbers” of knife crime victims previously seen at the Cambridge A&E have increased to “a lot”, explaining that rising knife and drugs crime has seen violence spill out from England’s urban areas into towns and rural regions.  more here

12 Comments on UK: Rise of Extreme Knife Violence Sees Hospitals Forced to Adopt ‘Military Practice’

  1. It’s never been the weapons causing violent crime.

    It’s always been the people.

    The nature of the English people is changing now, and is reflected in the rising violence seen there.

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  2. They just need “common sense” knife safety laws! Background checks, 3-week waiting periods, only one knife per month, registration of all knives, and a ban on military-style assault knives! That ought to do it!

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  3. The carnage will cease once you declare all of the UK a knife free zone. Haha
    And while your at it give everyone who throws acid in somebodys face a five minute time out.
    There, that should do the trick!

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  4. FAKE NEWS! FAKE NEWS!

    Guns & knives have been OUTLAWED in England – there is no crime EVER there in the muthaland!!! It’s EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL right-wing, whitey-hate LIES, is what this is – to make mohammedan ‘LOOK’ bad!!!

    🙄

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  5. Edged weapons dominated ancient
    warfare.Watch a couple of episodes
    of the HBO series “ROME”.Dam good show
    as was DEADWOOD…..
    Come to La Marque and I will show you
    a collection of knives including super
    rare antique switchblades that will blow
    your mind including a 400 year old Samurai sword.

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