A Baltimore hospital’s trauma bay is quieter amid gun violence drop

Baltimore is seeing a sharp drop in gun violence this year — and the impact is rippling into local hospitals.

Homicides are down 30% and shootings have fallen 21% compared to this time last year, according to city data.

At Sinai Hospital in northwest Baltimore, trauma staff say they’re feeling the shift. Emergency room visits for gun-related injuries have dropped 52%, according to internal figures from LifeBridge Health…

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