British field hospital mostly staffed by NHS set to arrive in Turkey
by Miranda Bryant from World news | The Guardian on (#68RVA)
UK appeal to support rescue efforts raises 50m as self-sufficient polyclinic expected in disaster-struck country
A field hospital staffed with mostly NHS workers is due to arrive in Turkey this weekend in the first of its kind to be sent from Britain. It comes as a UK appeal to aid rescue efforts and support victims raised more than 50m in two days.
After being approved by Turkey on Thursday night, the hospital, run by the independent NGO UK-Med, was due to arrive in the disaster-struck country by plane from the UK on Saturday.
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