>>> SHOOTINGS. STABBINGS. BEATINGS.
STABBINGS. BEATINGS. THESE ARE NOT DISEASES.
BUT.
>> VIOLENCE BEHAVED VERY MUCH
IN THE SAME WAY AS DIABETES.
DIABETES LEADS TO BLINDNESS AND
AMPUTATED LIMB.
WHOLE HOST OF THINGS.
UNTREATED VIOLENCE LEADS TO
RETALIATION.
PISHTION AND GOOD HEALTH.
ONE HOTEL HOSPITAL CHANGING THE
APPROACH TO VIOLENCE WITH
PROFOUND EFFECT.
>> HE’S HERE WITH THE PRESIDENT
OBAMA THAT HOPES TO ONE DAY
TURN THE DISEASE OF VIOLENCE.
TO CURE IT.
>> PROGRAM IS CALLED DETROIT
LIFE IS VALUABLE EVERY DAY.
IT WAS LAUNCHED IN APRIL OF
2016 AT THE HOSPITAL HERE.
THE PROGRAM IS SIMPLE IN
CONCEPT.
TREAT VIOLENT TRAUMA AS
RECURRENT CHRONIC DISEASE.
THIS APPROACH REQUIRES VERY
SPECIAL TEAM OF PEOPLE.
>> WE MEET WITH INDIVIDUALS
AGES 14 TO 30 EXPOSEED TO
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE.
SHOOTINGS.
STABBINGS.
SHOOTINGS. STABBINGS. INTENTIONAL ASSAULTS.
WE MEET THE INDIVIDUALS AT THE
BEDSIDE AND OFFER ALTERNATIVE.
WE LOOK TOMORROW PR POWER
PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL
YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
>> HE HAS UNIQUE CREDIBILITY
WITH THE PATIENT HE WORKS WITH.
>> VIOLENCE HAS BEEN IMPACTING
MY LIFE BEFORE SINCE I WAS IN
THE WOMB WITH MY MOTHER.
I TOOK MAN’S LIFE WHEN I WAS 15
YEARS OLD AND THEN WENT TO
PRISON TWO TIMES AFTER TAKING
THAT MAN’S LIFE.
>>Reporter: HE WAS ABLE TO
BRICK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN
HIS LIFE AND NOW WORKS TO HELP
OTHERS.
>> OUR JOB IS MAKE SURE YOU
DON’T COME AS VICTIM OF
VIOLENCE.
DON’T GO OUT AND RETALIATION.
>>Reporter: THREE YEARS AGO
FRANKIE WAS 26 HE WAS SHOT IN
THE BACK NEAR HIS SHOULDER.
HE FOND HIMSELF AT SINAI GRACE
APPROACHED BY MEMBER OF THE
TEAM.
>> CAME INTO MY ROOM.
I WAS RECOVERING.
ASKED IF I WANTED TO
PARTICIPATE.
>>Reporter: HE DID.
BUT NOT EVERYONE SAID YES.
>> SOME INDIVIDUALS REFUSE OUR
PROGRAM AND THEY SAID WE HAD TO
VISIT THEM IN THE MORGUE.
>> 5 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE
DISCHARGED THEY COME BACK AGAIN
WITHIN 5 YEARS MOST OF THOSE
WITHIN TWO YEARS.
THOSE HAVE BEEN THE HISTORICAL
RATES HERE.
>> I DON’T WANT THE LIFE
EXPECTANCY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
AND PEOPLE TO BE DETERMINED BY
THE ZIP CODE.
>>Reporter: MANY DIFFERENT
REASONS PEOPLE HAVE IDENTIFIED
BEHIND CHRONIC NATURE OF
VIOLENT TRAUMA.
ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TO
ADDRESS IS THE PERCEIVED
NORMALCY.
>> I HAVE TO DATE 5 FAMILY
MEMBER ONE BEING VERY IMMEDIATE
WHY THE WHO HAVE BEEN MURDERED.
>>Reporter: SHE’S ANOTHER
MEMBER OF THE TEAM.
>> GOING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE VIOLENCE IS NORMAL AND
ROMANTIC.
IT WAS EXPECTED AND IF IT
DIDN’T HAPPEN THEN IT WAS JUST
AN ODD DAY.
BUT IF IT DID THEN IT WAS
NORMAL.
>> HAPPENS A LOT TO THE POINT
LIKE I SAY YOU HEAR SOMEBODY
DYING I DON’T KNOW BUT ABOUT
WHEN I HEAR IT IT’S LIKE GOOD
OVER MY HEAD.
I DON’T KNOW IF THAT IS NORMAL
OR NOT.
I DON’T KNOW.
KIND OF LIKE NORMAL TO ME.
>> GETTING SOME ONE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE VIOLENCE
THAT THEY EXPERIENCE IN THEIR
HOME AND THE VIOLENCE THEY SEE
AND EXPERIENCE ON THE STREET IS
NOT NORMAL.
HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH
SOME ONE MEANS YOU LITERALLY
HAVE TO TALK TO THEIR SOUL.
>> A HAD THE OF HEAVY LIFTING
REQUIRE TO TRANSFORM TRAUMA.
CRISIS, MENTORSHIP THERE’S A
MENTAL HEALTH COHN COME UPON
THE OF PROVIDING EDUCATION
AROUND THAT.
>>Reporter: THE RESULTS IN
HELPING PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR
LIVES AND AVOID FURTHER TRAUMA
ARE IMPRESSIVE.
>> MOST PROFOUND SUCCESSFULY
PARTICIPATE ENTERED THE
PROGRAM.
DEATH SUCCESS IF I WANT TO
CHANGE, COULD I.
>> AS EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN WHO
HAS SPENT NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF
MY CAREER PRACTICING IN THE
CITY OF DETROIT AND TAKING CARE
OF THE SAME TRAUMA VICTIM TIME
AND TIME AGAIN, I HAVE TO TELL
YOU, THIS PROGRAM IS SAVING
LIVES.
IT HAS THE REAL POTENTIAL TO
CHANGE SO MUCH MORE PAUSE WE
ARE GIVING THEM ANOTHER CHOICE.
GIVING THEM ANOTHER HOPTION WE
ARE GIVING THEM HOPE.
>>Reporter: OUR SPECIAL REPORT
ON THIS UNIQUE APPROACH TO SAVE
LIVES CONTINUES TOMORROW AT
5:00. I’LL SHOW YOU THE SECRET
WEAPON THEY FOUND THAT REALLY