This doctor treated migrants' severe injuries at the US-Mexico wall: Political decisions made it as violent as possible'

"One of his patients, a Venezuelan man with a fractured arm and a detached left chest from his sternum and clavicle, told Elmore that Mexican immigration officials broke his arm when he first got to town, and that rubber bullets fired by Texas national guardsmen had caused his chest injuries."

"At the hospital I was working at, anybody could get any emergency care they needed, he said. A few blocks away, in Juarez, there was a huge population of displaced migrants and refugees with limited or no access to care. The disparity struck him as unnecessary and cruel."

"By this point, trauma doctors had already begun to describe the rash of severe injuries as a public health crisis. People were falling from the border wall, fracturing legs, severing spines, and suffering brain d"

Dr. Brian Elmore, a medical resident at El Paso's only level 1 trauma center, witnessed stark disparities in healthcare access between the US and Mexico. While his hospital provided emergency care to anyone, migrants in Ciudad Juarez faced severe injuries with minimal medical support. After observing patients with fractures, chest injuries, and other trauma caused by border enforcement and dangerous crossing attempts, Elmore co-founded the Hope Border Institute in fall 2022. The organization mobilizes medical resources to address the growing public health crisis affecting displaced migrants and refugees in Juarez, where criminal groups and border enforcement create additional barriers to care.

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