Nine people remain hospitalized, including four in intensive care, following a Monday, 27 July 2026 speedboat explosion at sea as a tour group returned from an excursion to Saona Island off the coast of Bayahíbe. A total of 23 passengers and crew members sustained injuries in the incident.As reported in Listin Diario, Dr. José López Larache, medical director at the Centro Médico Central Romana in La Romana, reported that four individuals remain in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) burn division. These are the boat’s captain, his assistant, a tour guide, and a British tourist. The British tourist, who suffered severe burns across 60% of her body, is being prepared for air medical transport back to her home country to continue specialized treatment.Among the other patients who suffered fractures, blunt trauma, and lacerations, five received care at the nearby...