In a new book, Dr. Marc Gorelick, CEO of Children’s Minnesota, is advocating for a public health approach to combat gun violence.
MINNEAPOLIS — When news of yet another school shooting – this time in Georgia – reached Dr. Marc Gorelick on Wednesday, it brought back frustrating and familiar feelings for the former pediatric emergency room doctor.
“I’ve seen Children and adolescents who have been victims of gun violence, sometimes inflicted by others, sometimes inflicted on themselves,” Gorelick said. “You don’t forget those images, those, those patients have stayed with me for the last 35 years.”
Although Gorelick has since risen to CEO of Children’s Minnesota, those awful reminders of his past work have become more frequent.
When gun deaths surpassed car accidents as the number one killer of kids and teens in the United States a few years ago, Gorelick joined other Minnesota hospital CEO’s in declaring gun violence …