MEDICAL SUPPLIES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20602, 1 November 1941, Page 9

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

SPECIAL U.K. EFFORT HUGE RUSSIAN NEEDS LONDON, Oct. 28. Appealing for money for the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund, of which she is chairman, Mrs: Winston Churchill, in a broadcast to-night, said the scale of Russian requirements for drugs and surgical instruments 1 is so immense that a very special effort is called for. . The first list telegraphed from Moscow covered more than 100 items, and this was speedily followed by a second list from the Soviet Ambassador. “Now we have an even bigger list compiled by Sir Charles Wilson,” said Mrs. Churchill. "The Red Cross has been quick to respond. Within five days of receiving the first list from Moscow, more than 1(10 tons of urgently-needed supplies' had been packed and despatched. Among the supplies already sent are 53 emergency operating outfits, 30 blood transfusion sets, 70,000 surgical needles, and 1,000,000 tablets of ‘M and 8.693,’ a wonderful new specific which has revolutionised the treatment of diseases caused by the Germans. In addition, we sent half a ton of phenacetin and about seven tons of absorbent Cotton wool. “This is only a beginning. We declared our aim to be £1,000,000, and it already totals £370,000, though it is only 12 days old. At present some 6,000,000 people contribute to the RSd Cross penny” a weeTcfund and the people’s fund for mercy. The whole of their contribution will be devoted, until the end of the year, to Russia.”