Arkansas doctor hospitalised

A well known West Memphis, Arkansas physician was hospitalised yesterday after he was injured in a bombing that occurred outside his house.



54 year old Dr. Trent Pierce, a family practitioner who serves as chairman of the Arkansas Medical Board, lost his left eye in the blast about 8 yesterday morning at his home in West Memphis.



Yesterday doctors operated on his right eye in hopes of saving it, and also removed shrapnel from his abdomen.



Pierce also underwent another surgery last night in which doctors removed more shrapnel from his neck.



A spokesman said the doctor also suffered burns to his face, and may be moved later to an Ohio burn unit.



He has remained in very critical condition at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee.



Investigators are not sure whether the bomb was placed on or near Pierce\'s Lexus hybrid SUV, or whether he was a random target.