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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1994
CASUALTY FIGURES AT DETENTION CENTRE CLARIFIED
IS
THE FOLLOWING
BY ISSUED DEPARTMENT IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES EASTERN EXPRESS TODAY (TUESDAY) ON OPERATION AT WHITEHEAD DETENTION CENTRE LAST WEEK:
THE
THE
SERVICES CORRECTIONAL ABOUT AN ARTICLE IN THE CASUALTY FIGURES DURING AN
DEPARTMENT
TODAY
CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES
A SPOKESMAN FOR
THE (TUESDAY) REFUTED ALLEGATIONS THAT THERE HAD BEEN A "COVER UP" ON
SECTION SEVEN OF NUMBER OF CASUALTIES DURING AN OPERATION TO DECANT WHITEHEAD LAST THURSDAY.
HELD IN THE
SERVICES,
PERSON
WERE
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTERNOON ON THE DAY, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL
THAT MORE THAN ONE MR ERIC MCCOSH, HAD MADE IT CLEAR INJURED DURING THE OPERATION.
TAKEN ΤΟ
AT THAT STAGE, ONLY A 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN NEEDED TO BE HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. OTHERS SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.
BEEN TRANSFERRED AFTER THE
HIGH VIETNAMESE HAD DETENTION CENTRE,
SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION A TOTAL OF 29 PEOPLE THE BRITISH RED CROSS DOCTOR THERE WHO ADVISED THAT THREE TRANSFERRED TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT,
TO
ISLAND FROM HAD то BE
A SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND BURNS.
A
THEY INCLUDED A 34-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO HAD NO
FOUR-MONTH-OLD
EXTERNAL INJURIES,
SUFFERING BOY, BOTH
FROM
BURN MINOR
ON THE LEFT THE BABY BOY, WHO HAD A TREATED AND DISCHARGED AT PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL.
CHEST
WAS CONDITION, THE MAN, WHO HAD A KNOWN OBSERVATION. HE WAS DISCHARGED YESTERDAY (APRIL 11).
STILL BEING TREATED THE SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS WALES HOSPITAL. HER CONDITION IS DESCRIBED AS "STABLE"
THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE ROOF IS STILL HOSPITAL IN A SATISFACTORY CONDITION.
GROSS
KNEE.
WAS
ADMITTED FOR
IN
PRINCE
OF
IN QUEEN ELIZABETH
EXAGGERATION
TO
SAY
THAT
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS A MORE THAN 100 HAD BEEN TREATED AT THE CLINIC AT HIGH ISLAND.
SUFFERED ONLY 29 HIGH ISLAND
THERE IS ALSO NO TRUTH IN THE ALLEGATION THAT PEOPLE SAID "TOTAL BODY BURNS" AND WERE NOT TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. HE PEOPLE WERE TREATED BY THE BRITISH RED CROSS DOCTOR AT FOR MINOR COMPLAINTS.
AT HOME
LAST
THE SPOKESMAN WENT ON TO SAY THAT MR MCCOSH WAS NIGHT AND HAD NOT BEEN ASKED FOR HIS COMMENTS ON THE ALLEGATIONS.
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