BT/0637

THREE OMAGH VICTIMS REMAIN SERIOUS

Three Omagh victims remain serious

28 DEAD 3 CRITICAL 34 IN HOSPITAL
THREE victims of the Omagh bombing are still in a serious condition in hospital.
The patients - two women and a man - were critically ill today at the Royal Victoria Hospital where a total of 15 victims are being treated for wounds.
Four Spanish students caught in the car bomb were still in the Royal's care - three in the children's hospital and one in the main hospital.
There was no change in the conditions of the five people being treated in the Ulster Hospital today.
One victim remained "ill but stable" but the others are "comfortable".
In Dungannon's South Tyrone Hospital only one victim, a woman, remains. Doctors said she was "stable".
Nine patients are recovering from their injuries in the Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry.
Two of those victims are "ill" and seven others are described as "stable," with one being transferred to the Ulster Hospital.
In Belfast City Hospital, there was no change in the conditions of the two victims in their care.
A 75-year-old woman was described as "ill but stable" by a hospital spokesperson, while a 21-year-old woman was in a "comfortable" condition.

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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH

Ref: BT/0637

Published Date: 02-Sep-98

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