02/10/2025
We appeal to the Public: Curb Interpersonal Violence, Protect Safety
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital as the National referral Hospital for the country stands as a place of healing, safety, and hope. Every day our doctors, nurses, and staff dedicate themselves to saving lives, comforting families, and restoring health.
Yet, we are increasingly confronted with the painful reality of interpersonal violence in our streets, homes and communities…and sometimes even at our hospital doors.
Hospitals are meant to be places of healing. Yet, too often, we are forced to act as the final battleground where the consequences of violence arrive in blood, trauma and death especially experienced over this past week. No amount of medical skill can fully mend the physical and emotional scars caused by inter-personal violence.
In the aftermath of violence …we see the broken bodies, torn by bullets, knives, and fists. We see the pain and suffering on the faces of families waiting anxiously and in fear for news of a loved one in our operating theaters. We see the toll it takes on our doctors, nurses, Security personnel and staff who fight to preserve life against overwhelming odds.
Every bullet fired and stab wound creates indiscriminate ripples that extend far beyond its target to families, health workers, Police officers and the nation as a whole. Together, we must address the roots of violence and protect life.
We call on every member of the public to join us in doing their part in being a part of the solution to this violence plaguing our community.
Violence does not solve problems. It tears communities and families apart, endangers children, traumatizes survivors, and overwhelms our health systems.
We make this urgent appeal:
Help us protect life. Help us keep our communities safe. Help us keep the national referral hospital a place of healing, not fear.
Together, Belize can curb interpersonal violence. Together, we can build a safer, healthier, and more hopeful nation.
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