58 WOUNDED SARAJEVANS ARE TO BE EVACUATED TODAY

ZAGREB, Feb 6 (Hina) - 58 wounded Sarajevans will be evacuated today from Sarajevo to the airport of Ramstein in Germany, according to a statement issued by the UNHCR in Zagreb on Sunday afternoon. The UNHCR spokeswoman, Alemka Lisinski, said that an airplane of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) would first transport lightly injured and those who will accompany them, in general the relatives of these wounded persons. Afterwards, a plane of the U.S. Army would evacuated more seriously wounded. Ms. Lisinski explained that 25 persons, who were wounded in Saturday's massacre at the market, are to be evacuated, while another 33 persons for evacuations are the previously wounded Sarajevans. These 58 wounded are to be transported from the airport of Ramstein to a regional hospital in Landstuhl, run by the U.S. Army. The evacuation of these wounded is very important, since there will be more beds and space in the Sarajevo hospital for the wounded whose critical condition does not allow their immediate evacuation by plane, according to the UNHCR spokeswoman. The Zagreb-based office of the ICRC stated that 150 persons should be evacuated from Sarajevo on Sunday. A plane of the ICRC will deliver medical aid to the Sarajevo hospitals. The U.S. Army's plane for the evacuation of the wounded from Sarajevo will also deliver medicines for the hospitals in this city, whereas another American airplane will bring the medical equipment to Sarajevo on Sunday afternoon. The UNHCR spokesperson said that the organization of this evacuation was the result of good cooperation of the U.S. Army, the U.N. agencies and the ICRC with the B-H government and Sarajevo's doctors. 061816 MET feb 94