UNLP: One Patient Remains in Serious Condition after Express Train Collision

Kosice, 15 October (TASR) - One patient remains in a serious condition at the Louis Pasteur University Hospital (UNLP) in Kosice after the collision between express trains near the village of Jablonov nad Turnou in Roznava district (Kosice region) on Monday (13 October), TASR was told by UNLP spokeswoman Ladislava Sustova on Wednesday. "The patient isn't in a directly life-threatening condition, but his status remains serious," she said. UNLP have treated a total of 36 injured people following the rail accident in Jablonov nad Turnou. Of these, 13 patients with moderate injuries were admitted into hospital. Four patients are still being treated at Roznava hospital. "The condition of all the patients is stable," said Penta Hospitals SK PR specialist Bianka Krejciova on Tuesday (14 October). The hospital admitted six patients from the scene of the serious accident on Monday. Two were brought in with serious injuries and had to undergo surgery. One patient remains in the J.A. Reiman University Hospital in Presov. "He suffered a serious spinal injury, is under the care of doctors at the trauma surgery department, and his condition is stable," said the hospital's PR manager Martina Pavlikova on Tuesday. The Presov hospital treated 12 patients after the train collision. One of them suffered serious injuries, while 11 patients were treated for minor injuries. The Railway Hospital in Kosice treated 19 patients in connection with the accident, but no one was kept in overnight. am/df