What changed
A gunman fired at random near Krakow’s Main Market Square on Saturday, killing six people and injuring 15. Before emergency services arrived, Professor Michal Pędziwiatr and another doctor began treating the wounded, including the shooting suspect and two police officers shot while subduing him.
Why it matters
Pędziwiatr’s account puts the first minutes of the response in sharp focus: two doctors moved toward the scene and treated whoever needed help, even as the attacker and police officers were among the injured.
That is the stark reality of emergency medicine after a mass shooting. The dividing line between victim, suspect and responder does not simplify the work. A doctor’s job is to keep people alive, one patient at a time, while the wider facts of the attack remain unsettled.
The attacker’s identity and motive, and the current condition of those injured, have not been reported. What is clear is that treatment began on the street, before the formal emergency response reached the scene.
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