BT/0181

75 STILL IN HOSPITAL

75 are still in hospital after blast
By Kathryn Torney

SEVENTY-five people injured in the Omagh bomb were still being treated in hospital today.
At least seven, including two children, were in a critical condition.
Seventeen women, five men and five children were still in the Royal Victoria Hospital.
One man has been discharged since yesterday.
Six remain in a critical condition, including two children.
One person is very ill, seven are ill but stable, 11 are stable and two satisfactory.
There has been no change in the patients in Belfast City Hospital.
A 75-year-old woman remained critically ill but stable and a 21-year-old woman was stable.
Sixteen people were in Altnagelvin Hospital - 11 women, five men and six aged between 11 and 14-years-old.
Two were said to be "ill" and 14 were stable.
Nine people were still in the Erne Hospital - six women and three men.
They were all said to be "stable and satisfactory".
In Tyrone County Hospital four patients, two male and two female, were in a satisfactory condition.
Five women are still receiving treatment in South Tyrone Hospital.
A spokesman said they were all in a stable condition.

Further Information

Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH

Ref: BT/0181

Published Date: 22-Aug-98

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