OMAGH BOMB VICTIM GOING HOME
Omagh bomb victim going home
By Una Bradley
THE last but one of the Omagh bomb victims was to be discharged today from the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Pauline Green, from Omagh, was due to leave the Belfast hospital where she has been treated since August 15, around mid-day.
The 19-year-old suffered severe multiple injuries and spent the weeks following the bomb in intensive care.
She had one leg amputated below the knee and was later transferred to the burns unit, where she underwent a series of skin grafts.
Pauline now faces more surgery and physiotherapy at Musgrave Park Hospital and it is understood she will have an artificial limb fitted.
The young woman has been travelling home to Omagh at weekends for the past month.
Tracy Devine, also from Omagh, is now the last of the Omagh injured still in hospital.
A spokeswoman for the Royal Victoria Hospital said her condition remained "stable".
Tracy, who is in her early twenties, also suffered multiple injuries and is being treated in the burns unit.
Four other people who lost limbs in the bomb are still outpatients at Musgrave Park Hospital.
By Una Bradley
THE last but one of the Omagh bomb victims was to be discharged today from the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Pauline Green, from Omagh, was due to leave the Belfast hospital where she has been treated since August 15, around mid-day.
The 19-year-old suffered severe multiple injuries and spent the weeks following the bomb in intensive care.
She had one leg amputated below the knee and was later transferred to the burns unit, where she underwent a series of skin grafts.
Pauline now faces more surgery and physiotherapy at Musgrave Park Hospital and it is understood she will have an artificial limb fitted.
The young woman has been travelling home to Omagh at weekends for the past month.
Tracy Devine, also from Omagh, is now the last of the Omagh injured still in hospital.
A spokeswoman for the Royal Victoria Hospital said her condition remained "stable".
Tracy, who is in her early twenties, also suffered multiple injuries and is being treated in the burns unit.
Four other people who lost limbs in the bomb are still outpatients at Musgrave Park Hospital.
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0527
Published Date: 02-Dec-98
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