MEDICS at Whiston Hospital today joined the family of murder victim Adam Ellison to take a stand against knife crime.
Adam, 29, was stabbed to death in Prescot town centre in November, 2017 by killers who were on board a large motorbike.
They have yet to be brought to justice.
Today staff from across the hospital stood outside the hospital's Emergency Department and sang the #NoMoreKnives campaign’s anthem ‘Stand by Me’.
The song has been adopted by the campaign as a show of strength from the people to say that carrying a knife is not acceptable.
In 2017/18, 83 people were admitted to Whiston Hospital's Emergency Department with knife injuries, up from 65 in 2012/13.
That is an increase of 28 per ent in the last five years.
Graeme Inkster, Emergency Department Consultant, said: “The smallest knife wound can prove fatal anywhere in the body. It could be the leg, buttock, stomach or heart, I have seen people with the smallest of entry wounds suffer catastrophic internal injuries.
"We are proud to stand next to Adam’s family and say 'no more'.
"Our staff see first-hand the devastating consequences of knife-crime, the hardest part of our job is telling a family that there is nothing more we can do to save their loved one and an innocent life has been lost.
"It is heart-breaking for the victim’s family and for all those involved.”
Adam’s Mum Joyce, said: “Our world fell apart when Adam was brutally attacked and killed.
We are proud to stand here in Adam’s name to say this has to stop. No more families should have to lose a loved one and the staff here at the hospital should not have to deal with the horrific injuries.
"We would like to thank the staff at Whiston Hospital for their support and I hope that by standing together we can help spread the message of No More Knives.”
The hospital’s social media video is part of the wider #NoMoreKnives campaign across Merseyside started by professional cage fighter Paul Bentley.
The campaign is supported by emergency services across the region and has also been promoted by regional sports stars and local sports clubs.
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