Proposed gun violence dashboard to gather data across Houston

Proposed gun violence dashboard to gather data across Houston

KHOU, July 20, 2023

Health officials, city council members, police officers and trauma doctors gathered Thursday at a Houston City Council meeting to discuss how to prevent both intentional and accidental shootings. “As a pediatric surgeon, I’m tired of seeing these children come in every day to the ER. I’m tired of holding them as they die and as they suffer," said Dr. Bindi Naik-Mathuria with The University of Texas Medical Branch.

About The University of Texas Medical Branch

The first academic health center in Texas opened its doors in 1891 and today has four campuses, five health sciences schools, seven institutes for advanced study, a research enterprise that includes one of only two national laboratories dedicated to the safe study of infectious threats to human health, a Level 1 Trauma Center and a health system offering a full range of primary and specialized medical services throughout the Texas Gulf Coast region. UTMB is an institution in The University of Texas System and a member of the Texas Medical Center.

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