Omagh bomb horror ‘made trauma professionals quit’

VETERAN emergency staff exposed to years of atrocities in the North were forced to quit by the horrors of the Omagh bombing.

University of Ulster lecturer Dr Selwyn Black disclosed the shattering impact on paramedics and other health workers of the August 1998 attack, which killed 29 people and injured hundreds more.

Some clinicians who worked with the bereaved and injured became so isolated they felt unable to continue working, a major study found.