What Chicago’s Gun Violence Survivors Need

Reset discusses resources gun violence survivors need to recover from physical, psychological and emotional trauma.

Tanya Zakrikson
Dr. Tanya Zakrison is a trauma surgeon at the University of Chicago, which can see more than 20 gunshot victims on a bad night. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ
Tanya Zakrikson
Dr. Tanya Zakrison is a trauma surgeon at the University of Chicago, which can see more than 20 gunshot victims on a bad night. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

What Chicago’s Gun Violence Survivors Need

Reset discusses resources gun violence survivors need to recover from physical, psychological and emotional trauma.

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To wrap up Reset’s special hour on gun violence in Chicago, we turn to experts on the front lines of providing long-term support and wraparound services to survivors.

GUESTS: Eddie Bocanegra, senior director of READI Chicago

Dr. Tanya Zakrison, trauma surgeon at UChicago Medicine