Luckily, the Pulse nightclub isn’t far from Orlando Regional Medical Center, the region’s main trauma hospital, but its emergency room staff usually gets advance word when severe cases are on their way. “We were just given patient after patient after patient,” he said. '”Nurses and technicians also arrived, many without being told to come, turning much of the hospital into emergency response areas. Trauma surgeon Dr. William Havron was one of those called in, and found a hospital flooded with bloody victims with severe wounds. A total of 44 patients arrived that night, with all manner of bullet wounds, broken bones and other injuries.

Source: National Post June 14, 2016 17:33 UTC