Hospitals compassionately treat gun violence victims of all ages and are acutely aware of the ever decreasing age of these patients. Now pediatricians across the U.S. have announced that this Wednesday, March 14, they will stand in solidarity with students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Parkland, Fla.) – and communities everywhere – to honor the lives of those lost to gun violence and to raise awareness about how the issue affects public health.
In Massachusetts, Boston Medical Center Pediatrics has organized a local banner-signing and a short video that emphasizes gun violence as a pediatric public health issue. It will be circulated on social media. BMC Pediatrics encourages other hospitals to join them and the many students across the country that have planned school walk-outs and other Wednesday events to draw attention to school shootings and gun violence.