Trauma surgeon in YouTube shooting vents his frustration over gun violence - CNN
"Gun violence happens every day throughout the United States. It happens here in San Francisco. It happens in the Bay Area. It happens all over the country," Campbell said. "But I don't see you guys out here because I'd like to make sure that people know that we got a serious problem that we need to address."
"I don't have all the answers ... at least we're having a discussion about it nationally," he said. "This is a real problem."
"This is a terrible day in the United States," said Campbell, a professor of surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.
Campbell said once again, the hospital -- the only level 1 trauma center in San Francisco -- was confronted with a mass casualty.
The hospital dealt with multiple shooting victims in each of the past two weeks, Campbell said. The incidents included a fatal shooting at a San Francisco barbershop.
"I didn't see all these cameras out here ... last week when I was here," he said.
"That's the problem, when something like this happens, which is terribly unfortunate, then you guys come out," Campbell said. "The reality is we have to deal with this all the time. We have to deal with the families."
"We kind of quietly do our job and we don't say a whole lot," he said. "But today just seemed like it was a day where people wanted to hear what was going on."
He added: "We as trauma providers, we are just saddened by the fact that this is a persistent problem."
"It happens with such regularity. It's unbelievable," he said of gun violence.
"We need to work together to find a solution," Campbell said.
