MOD to investigate Gulf War syndrome

Title

MOD to investigate Gulf War syndrome

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

30 Jan 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:01

Description

Political correspondent Robert Allen reports on the announcement by the Ministry of Defence of a major investigation into Gulf War syndrome. The Medical Research Council inquiry will centre on the birth defects occurring among the children of service personnel and a possible link with the cocktail of vaccines and anti-nerve agent treatments that UK, US and Canadian forces took including NAPS tablets in 1991 to protect them against potential attacks from chemical and biological weapons. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Tony Revell explains to journalists; Armed Forces Minister Nicholas Soames, who made the official announcement of the investigation in the House of Commons on possibility of compensation being paid to veterans; Professor Sir Colin Berry from the Royal London Hospital assures reporters that the inquiry will be truly independent.

Contributors

Robert Allen; Tony Revell; Nicholas Soames; Colin Berry

Keywords

Government; Wars (events); Illness; Ministry of Defence; Vaccines; Chemical weapons; Gulf War (1990-1991); Gulf War Syndrome; Operation Desert Storm; Birth defects; Biological weapons; Medical Research Council; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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