§ 69. Mr. HeddleTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what medical assistance was made available by Her Majesty's Government to the Soviet Union after the recent train disaster there.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWe supplied air beds, artificial ventilators and other urgently needed equipment and pharmaceuticals to a value of £68,000. We also helped with arrangements for two teams of specialists from Bristol, Leeds, London, Manchester and South Grampian to travel to Chelyabinsk to help treat the victims. (One of the teams was organised by the World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine). We also offered to arrange treatment in the United Kingdom.