A UC San Diego Health study found that since 2019, the number of high-severity injuries occurring at the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Southern San Diego has quintupled, which UCSD trauma physicians attribute to a height increase of the border wall.
SAN DIEGO - A UC San Diego Health study released Friday found that since 2019, the number of high-severity injuries occurring at the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Southern San Diego has quintupled, which UCSD trauma physicians attribute to a height increase of the border wall.
"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 so with consequential results, said first author Dr. Amy Liepert, medical director of acute care surgery at UCSD Health."This is an unseen public health crisis happening right now and it has significantly affected major local health care providers in San Diego.
"Additional capacity and associated costs were not accounted for in the federally appropriated funds to reinforce and heighten the border barrier system," Liepert said."Hospital costs for border wall-injured immigrants at UC San Diego Health alone are estimated to be approximately $13 million between 2019 and 2021."
Due to lack of health insurance and residency status, many patients were not eligible for rehabilitation facilities or post-discharge physical therapy, leading to prolonged hospital stays and impacted hospital access, they wrote.
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