Sarajevo injured to be evacuated to UK

Title

Sarajevo injured to be evacuated to UK

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

12 Aug 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:42

Description

Tanya Hines reports on news that 20 seriously injured war victims are to be evacuated to Britain from Sarajevo for urgent medical care. With UK Prime Minister John Major in Stockholm, Sweden on hopes for the speed of the operation and saying the cost won’t fall on the NHS; Labour Party leader John Smith insists peace is the answer; Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley comments; James Bays reports on the evacuation process form Sarajevo.

Contributors

John Major; John Smith; Virginia Bottomley; James Bays; Tanya Hines

Keywords

Health services; UK; Ethnic conflicts; NHS; Children (age group); Patients; Finance; Humanitarian assistance; Conflict resolution; Medical treatment; Sweden; Foreign aid; Evacuation; Wars (events); Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sarajevo; Yugoslav War (1991-1995); Irma Hadzimuratovic

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