BOMB GIRL VOWS TO REBUILD HER LIFE
Bomb girl vows to rebuild her life
By EMMA FLYNN
A BRAVE young victim of the Omagh bomb walked out of hospital yesterday, vowing to rebuild her life.
Pauline Green, 19, who was discharged from the Royal Victoria Hospital 14 weeks after the horrific bomb that killed 29 people, said she had gained inspiration from the sight of other victims getting on with their lives.
She said she was looking forward to a bright future: "I have seen that the rest of them can do it, so I can too. I will get there in the end."
She is the last but one of the bomb victims to be discharged from hospital.
Pauline had to have one leg amputated below the knee. She suffered multiple injuries and spent weeks in intensive care before having a leg operation, and being transferred to the burns unit.
Pauline faces more surgery and physiotherapy at Musgrave Park Hospital and needs an artificial limb fitted.
Tracy Devine, in her 20s, the last of the injured still in hospital, is recovering in the Royal where-her condition remains stable.
Meanwhile, more than 80 children traumatised by the bomb are undergoing specialist counselling, it emerged yesterday.
They are among hundreds suffering profound distress and psychological problems, according to health workers.
By EMMA FLYNN
A BRAVE young victim of the Omagh bomb walked out of hospital yesterday, vowing to rebuild her life.
Pauline Green, 19, who was discharged from the Royal Victoria Hospital 14 weeks after the horrific bomb that killed 29 people, said she had gained inspiration from the sight of other victims getting on with their lives.
She said she was looking forward to a bright future: "I have seen that the rest of them can do it, so I can too. I will get there in the end."
She is the last but one of the bomb victims to be discharged from hospital.
Pauline had to have one leg amputated below the knee. She suffered multiple injuries and spent weeks in intensive care before having a leg operation, and being transferred to the burns unit.
Pauline faces more surgery and physiotherapy at Musgrave Park Hospital and needs an artificial limb fitted.
Tracy Devine, in her 20s, the last of the injured still in hospital, is recovering in the Royal where-her condition remains stable.
Meanwhile, more than 80 children traumatised by the bomb are undergoing specialist counselling, it emerged yesterday.
They are among hundreds suffering profound distress and psychological problems, according to health workers.
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Publisher: NEWS LETTER
Ref: NL/142
Published Date: 03-Dec-98
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