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150 patients, 7 hospitals: The Amtrak tally

About 150 patients were taken to area hospitals late Tuesday following the Amtrak crash. Seven were still in critical condition Thursday.

The Amtrak crash sent about 150 injured passengers to emergency rooms around Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Only one reportedly died at a hospital; most of the eight fatalities were at the scene. But several were still in critical condition two days later.

THE TALLY ON THURSDAY

Temple University Hospital (North Philadelphia)

  1. 54 patients seen

  2. died of injuries

  3. 28 treated and released

  4. 25 admitted

  5. 11 still hospitalized Thursday afternoon

  6. of those critical condition

Temple University Hospital, Episcopal Campus (Fairhill)

  1. 12 patients seen

  2. treated and released

  3. transferred to Temple (and are included in the 54 above)

Einstein Medical Center (Logan)

  1. About 10 patients seen

  2. treated and released

  3. still hospitalized Thursday afternoon, all in fair condition

Hahnemann University Hospital (Center City)

  1. 28 patients seen

  2. 21 treated and released

  3. admitted

  4. still hospitalized Thursday afternoon, none critical

Aria Health-Frankford Campus (Frankford)

  1. 26 patients seen

  2. 21 treated and released

  3. transferred (see below)

Aria Health-Torresdale Campus (Northeast Philadelphia)

  1. 30 patients seen, 3 transferred from Frankford Campus

  2. 24 treated and released

  3. admitted

  4. still hospitalized Thursday afternoon, in good condition

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (West Philadelphia)

  1. patients admitted, both transferred from Aria Health-Frankford

  2. in critical condition Thursday afternoon; the other in fair condition

- Marie McCullough