Surge in stab victims forces hospital to offer knife amnesty
Provided by knife crime charity Words 4 Weapons, St George's installed an amnesty bin on the hospital grounds near the emergency department for people to anonymously dispose of weapons.
In its first six months, 87 sharp objects were surrendered, including zombie knives and machetes, as well as other weapons such as knuckle dusters.
Image:Pic: Words 4 Weapons / PACleo Kenington, consultant in emergency general surgery and major trauma at the hospital, said she has had to " physically remove knives from patients on the operating table to stop them bleeding to death ".
" These patients are young, vulnerable and scared - they have their whole lives ahead of them and they often say 'I don't want to die', " she Добавено.
" Виждал съм от ден на ден пациенти, които са признати с прободни рани-след като дойдат в Сейнт Джордж, ние им предоставяме най-хубавите вероятни грижи и множеството оцеляват, само че трагично доста пациенти умират, преди да могат да стигнат до болничното заведение, така...
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