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Medical News fromDDW: Digestive Disease Week Meeting Explosion Disrupts Digestive Disease Week Meeting By Peggy Peck, Executive Editor, MedPage TodayPublished: May 19, 2008 photo by Bjoern KilsSAN DIEGO, May 19 -- Thousands of gastroenterologists and others attending Digestive Disease Week sessions were jolted today by an explosion that reverberated through the San Diego Convention Center. Shortly after 2 p.m. Pacific time, the explosion ripped through a hotel construction site opposite the convention center where the DDW meeting is underway. The blast caused structural damage to the convention center and officials here cordoned off one end of the building, but declared the building itself secure, and said there was no need to evacuate. The cause of the blast at the new Hilton Hotel was not certain, but two weeks ago a pipe bomb exploded at the federal court house

here. San Diego officials said 13 people were hospitalized with injuries sustained in the blast, including five who are in critical condition. photo by Bjoern Kils photo by Bjoern Kils photo by Bjoern Kils http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/DDW/tb/9539