Fed: Four injured asylum seekers head to Brisbane

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2009
Fed: Four injured asylum seekers head to Brisbane

EDS: Updates with patient details.



BRISBANE, April 17 AAP - Four men injured in the explosion aboard a boat carrying 47
asylum seekers off northern Australia will be flown in to Brisbane on Friday night for
treatment.

Royal Brisbane Hospital acting director of burns, Michael Muller, said the men being
flown in from Darwin had burns on up to 50 per cent of their bodies.

The four men were currently ventilated and in induced comas after being operated on
in Darwin, he said.

Hospital executive director Dr David Alcorn said the patients were being transferred
to share the load in the wake of the tragedy.

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KEYWORD: BOAT BRISBANE UPDATE

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