CHILDREN TAKEN OFF DANGER LIST
Children taken off danger list in hospital
28 DEAD
59 IN HOSPITAL
5 CRITICAL
By Kathryn Torney
TWO children injured in the Omagh bombing have been taken off the "critical" list in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital.
Six patients have been discharged from hospital since yesterday, but 59 people were still being treated throughout the province today.
Four women and one man remained in a critical condition in the Royal.
Eighteen other people remain in the Royal, including four children, with the youngest aged 13 months.
Their conditions ranged from seriously ill to stable and major injuries include fractures, burns and head and eye injuries.
A spokesman said four Spanish nationals, one adult and three children, were among those being treated in the Royal today.
In Belfast City Hospital a 75-year-old woman remained "seriously ill but stable" and a 21-year-old woman was stable.
Fourteen patients, including five children, were still being treated in Londonderry's Altnagelvin Hospital.
In Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh three adults were described as "comfortable".
A spokeswoman for the Erne Hospital said five women and one man were in a stable condition on the main wards.
One other woman was also stable in intensive care.
In the South Tyrone Hospital two women were in a stable condition.
Eight patients were still in the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald.
One adult is in a serious condition and seven others, including two children, are "satisfactory".
28 DEAD
59 IN HOSPITAL
5 CRITICAL
By Kathryn Torney
TWO children injured in the Omagh bombing have been taken off the "critical" list in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital.
Six patients have been discharged from hospital since yesterday, but 59 people were still being treated throughout the province today.
Four women and one man remained in a critical condition in the Royal.
Eighteen other people remain in the Royal, including four children, with the youngest aged 13 months.
Their conditions ranged from seriously ill to stable and major injuries include fractures, burns and head and eye injuries.
A spokesman said four Spanish nationals, one adult and three children, were among those being treated in the Royal today.
In Belfast City Hospital a 75-year-old woman remained "seriously ill but stable" and a 21-year-old woman was stable.
Fourteen patients, including five children, were still being treated in Londonderry's Altnagelvin Hospital.
In Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh three adults were described as "comfortable".
A spokeswoman for the Erne Hospital said five women and one man were in a stable condition on the main wards.
One other woman was also stable in intensive care.
In the South Tyrone Hospital two women were in a stable condition.
Eight patients were still in the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald.
One adult is in a serious condition and seven others, including two children, are "satisfactory".
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0256
Published Date: 25-Aug-98
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