Small team of British NHS doctors and surgeons travel to Gaza to set up specialist facilities

Professor Tony Redmond of NGO UK Med. Credit: ITV News

A small team of NHS doctors and surgeons is travel to Gaza to set up facilities and establish how best to use specialists and equipment, according to a professor from the University of Manchester.

Professor Tony Redmond of NGO UK Med said that it was essential that the team was "targeted" so that it could "fit in" to what was already in Gaza to support facilities that have already been set up.

Professor Redmond coordinates a group of health care professionals who agree to volunteer to the International Trauma Register so they can be deployed in a crisis or sudden disasters.

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