Nurses in Saudi Arabia - Gulf War

Title

Nurses in Saudi Arabia - Gulf War

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:03:45

Description

Scottish nurse, Mary Laverick(?) speaks from an army hospital ward in Saudi Arabia, where she and her colleagues are treating injured troops. She says it is staffed by US military and Polish nurses, that the injured soldiers have been thanked by Saudi Arabian princes and Kuwaiti officials, and that there are no Iraqi prisoners of war as far as she is aware. Interviewer is Northern Ireland reporter, Barbara McCann.

Contributors

Mary Laverick(?); Barbara McCann

Keywords

USA; Injuries; Armed forces; Health services; UK; Nurses; Hospitals; Saudi Arabia; Poland; Army; Prisoners of War; Wars (events); War casualties; Kuwait; Iraq; Military hospitals; Gulf War (1991-1992)

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.