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HEALTH BOARD GIVES ASSISTANCE

HEALTH BOARD GIVES ASSISTANCE

Health Board confirmed yesterday that they had acted swiftly to offer assistance to their colleagues across the border dealing with the Omagh bombing.
Staff at Letterkenny General Hospital were in contact with Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry to offer assistance in dealing with While it wasn't necessary for anyone to receive treatment in Donegal, blood supplies were sent from Letterkenny to hospitals in the North.
The Health Board spokesperson also confirmed that they had also offered counselling services which have been colleagues dealing with the worst atrocity of the Northern Troubles.
It is also understood that a number of G.P.s and other medical staff from Donegal went to Omagh on Saturday in a private capacity to give whatever help they could at the scene.

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Publisher: DONEGAL PEOPLE'S PRESS

Ref: DP/022

Published Date: 19-Aug-98

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