Tuesday 17 May 2022 07:37 PM Serious injuries suffered by migrants soared 460% after Trump ordered border ... trends now
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The number of severe injuries suffered by migrants attempting climb over the border wall in southern San Diego rose by almost five times since 2019 after former President Donald Trump increased the height from as low as 6ft to 30ft.
UC San Diego Health revealed it had treated 375 people for high-severity injuries between 2019 and 2021. In comparison, there were only 67 such cases from 2016 to 2019.
UC San Diego Health also reported 16 deaths since 2019, compared to zero deaths previously.
The study investigated border wall-related medical facility admissions from January 2016 to December 2021.
'The height increase of the border wall along the San Ysidro and El Centro sectors was touted as making the barrier 'unclimbable' but that has not stopped people from attempting to do with consequential results,' wrote Dr. Amy Liepert, the UC San Diego Health medical director of acute care surgery.
At least 375 migrants were hurt and 16 died after falling from 405-mile long border wall between 2019 and 2021 that former President Donald Trump ordered its height to be increased to 30 feet, according to a research report by UC UC San Diego Health