CHILD BOMB VICTIMS STILL FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES
Child bomb victims still fighting for their lives
By Rosie Uffindell
Fifty still in hospital after Omagh's black Saturday
TWO children injured in the blast were still fighting for their lives yesterday.
The children, both Spaniards, remained in a critical condition at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
And a 75-year-old woman was said to be ill but stable at Belfast City Hospital.
In total, more than 50 people injured in the blast were still being treated in hospitals yesterday, with injuries ranging from fractures, burns, abdominal injuries and injuries to the head and face.
A mother and her year-old baby were among them.
Caroline McKinney, a beautician and former Tyrone Rose, was being treated in Derry's Altnagelvin Hospital, but the hospital declined to comment on her condition.
Her daughter, whose name has not been released, was in an ill but stable condition at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
And an eight-year-old boy remained in intensive care at Enniskillen's Erne Hospital after suffering burns and abdominal injuries in the blast.
Five other patients at the Royal were still in a critical condition and two of Altnagelvin Hospital's patients were described as being "very seriously ill'.
The 15 patients still being treated at Tyrone County, two of whom were teenage Spanish girls, were all in a stable condition last night.
Erne Hospital's four patients in intensive care were "ill but stable", with another 12 patients - most of whom were young adults with shrapnel wounds and burns - being described as stable.
Diane McCann (21), was described as being "stable but comfortable".
Therese Blanco, a 15 year- old Spanish girl, was transferred from the City Hospital intensive care to the Royal.
Her brother Gonzalo Blanco (13) and his friend Esteban Helguero (13) were being treated in Altnagelvin. One was reported to be seriously ill and the other stable.
Nine patients, the oldest of whom is 66, remained "ill but stable" at South Tyrone Hospital.
Three of those being treated at Ulster Hospital have now been released, including 14-year-old Lucrecia Blasco, the sister of Fernando Blasco who was killed in the blast. She and a Spanish man have now returned to Spain.
But a 14-year-old girl and three women were still being treated at the hospital. All were described as being in a stable condition.
Spanish doctors who flew into Northern Ireland on Monday with relatives of the injured are working with doctors here to decide when patients are well enough to travel home.
By Rosie Uffindell
Fifty still in hospital after Omagh's black Saturday
TWO children injured in the blast were still fighting for their lives yesterday.
The children, both Spaniards, remained in a critical condition at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
And a 75-year-old woman was said to be ill but stable at Belfast City Hospital.
In total, more than 50 people injured in the blast were still being treated in hospitals yesterday, with injuries ranging from fractures, burns, abdominal injuries and injuries to the head and face.
A mother and her year-old baby were among them.
Caroline McKinney, a beautician and former Tyrone Rose, was being treated in Derry's Altnagelvin Hospital, but the hospital declined to comment on her condition.
Her daughter, whose name has not been released, was in an ill but stable condition at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
And an eight-year-old boy remained in intensive care at Enniskillen's Erne Hospital after suffering burns and abdominal injuries in the blast.
Five other patients at the Royal were still in a critical condition and two of Altnagelvin Hospital's patients were described as being "very seriously ill'.
The 15 patients still being treated at Tyrone County, two of whom were teenage Spanish girls, were all in a stable condition last night.
Erne Hospital's four patients in intensive care were "ill but stable", with another 12 patients - most of whom were young adults with shrapnel wounds and burns - being described as stable.
Diane McCann (21), was described as being "stable but comfortable".
Therese Blanco, a 15 year- old Spanish girl, was transferred from the City Hospital intensive care to the Royal.
Her brother Gonzalo Blanco (13) and his friend Esteban Helguero (13) were being treated in Altnagelvin. One was reported to be seriously ill and the other stable.
Nine patients, the oldest of whom is 66, remained "ill but stable" at South Tyrone Hospital.
Three of those being treated at Ulster Hospital have now been released, including 14-year-old Lucrecia Blasco, the sister of Fernando Blasco who was killed in the blast. She and a Spanish man have now returned to Spain.
But a 14-year-old girl and three women were still being treated at the hospital. All were described as being in a stable condition.
Spanish doctors who flew into Northern Ireland on Monday with relatives of the injured are working with doctors here to decide when patients are well enough to travel home.
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Publisher: THE IRISH NEWS
Ref: IN/0067
Published Date: 19-Aug-98
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