This doctor treated migrants’ severe injuries at the US-Mexico wall: ‘Political decisions made it as violent as possible’
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A doctor treating migrants at the US-Mexico border documented severe injuries from rubber bullets and broken bones.
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Dr. Brian Elmore treated migrants with severe injuries at a mobile clinic in Ciudad Juárez in late spring 2024, including a Venezuelan man whose arm was allegedly broken by Mexican immigration officials and chest detached by rubber bullets fired by Texas National Guard. The Venezuelan patient had fashioned a makeshift splint for his fractured arm but required surgery for his chest injuries from the rubber bullet wounds. Elmore described witnessing what he called a public health crisis unfolding at the border near El Paso. The doctor characterized the situation as a "perverse Groundhog Day" and attributed the violence to political decisions that made border conditions as dangerous as possible. An ambulance was called to transport the severely injured patient for the necessary surgical treatment.
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