All injured in Dnipropetrovsk blasts alive, says city health official

Published May 1, 2012 at 5:07 pm

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych speaks with patients of a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk on April 28, 2012. Yanukovych arrived Saturday in Dnipropetrovsk, rocked by a series of explosions that injured at least 26 people, his spokeswoman told AFP. Yanukovych, who has called the attacks a challenge to the nation, was to meet law enforcement officials after prosecutors opened a probe into possible terrorism.

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Dnipropetrovsk, May 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Chief of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Department of Health Valentyna Hinsburh has flatly refuted reports which appeared in some media about the death of eight people injured in the explosions in Dnipropetrovsk on April 27.

"As of 2000 on Monday, there were 14 injured in the city hospitals. One elderly woman, born 1935, is still in grave condition, which is due to her age and general medical condition. All the victims are alive. Their lives are out of danger," she said.

Eight of the patients have light injuries, five have injuries of medium severity, one is in serious condition, according to Hinsburh.

As reported, on April 27, four blasts hit Dnipropetrovsk. According to the Health Ministry, 30 people were injured, 26 of them were hospitalized, as a result of the incident.