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Increasing concerns in Charlotte about the rise in gun violence brought Mecklenburg County leaders and health experts together to discuss the long-term impacts on the community.

Atrium Health hosted the discussion Wednesday to explain their approach to how gun violence creates trauma long after doctors and nurses have treated a patient.

Gun violence and its effects were also the topics in a panel of grassroots efforts from community members who are on the ground every day.

Atrium found that hospitalizations of gunshot victims in North Carolina are above the national average and they've continued to go up over the last five years. To combat what they're seeing in the ER, the health provider started a violence prevention program with the city of Charlotte that matches patients with critical resources where violence can stem from.

"We need to support people who are needing access to critical necessities like food and housing," Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley said. "Everything else like that creates a breeding ground for traumatic events."

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