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News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:19 PM EDT
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Gulf War Syndrome – calls on PM Gordon Brown to implement recommendations of Lloyd Report
Some 250,000 of the returning allied forces from the first Gulf War in 1991 (15 per cent) went down with illness that they insist was related to their service in that war. Of these, 10,000 are already dead.
Successive governments over the years have refused to recognise the existence of a single condition called Gulf War Syndrome and so the impasse continues.
On 14 June 2004 it was announced that there was to be a Public Inquiry into the illnesses suffered by veterans returning home from the first Gulf War.
This public inquiry was chaired by The Rt Hon The Lord Lloyd Of Berwick and on 17 November 2004, the inquiry published its report -The Lloyd Report on Gulf War Illnesses, commonly referred to now as The Lloyd Report.
The following are the 3 R's of The Lloyd Report:
1. REALISATION - realisation it IS Gulf War Syndrome
2. RECOMPENSE - recompense Veterans
3. RECOMMENDATION - The Government needs to follow the Recommendations of The Lloyd Report
Paragraph 224 of the Lloyd Report:
.... the picture is already sufficiently clear to enable the MOD to acknowledge forthwith that the illnesses of the Gulf War veterans, who have had their claims accepted, are attributable to their service in the Gulf. To wait for further research into the pathology would, after fourteen years (now 16 years), be a denial of justice to the veterans.
This year we have seen pressure on the Government as follows:
* 28 January 2007: Wartime "forces sweetheart" Dame Vera Lynn branded the "endless" legal wrangling over payments to veterans of the first Gulf War a scandal.Dame Vera and ex-Formula One champion Sir Jackie Stewart wrote to the then Chancellor, Gordon Brown, accusing the Ministry of Defence of "haggling".
* 8 May 2007: A recent poll of 121 MPs from all parties found that more than 70 per cent thought that the Government's actions towards ex-Service people suffering from Gulf War Illnesses had been very poor or inadequate.
"A minister has to say 'this will be done' and then it is done". "
The Rt Hon Alan Johnson was appointed Secretary of State for Health in June 2007, as part of Gordon Brown's first Cabinet. Alan Johnson held a number of posts representing employees since 1976 and was elected to the National Executive Council in 1981. He became General Secretary in 1992 and Joint General Secretary of the CWU from 1995 to1997.He was a Member of the General Council TUC from 1994 to 1995 and a member of the Labour Party NEC from 1995 to 1997.
I call on Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson, to intervene now, without further delay.
D B
24 July 2007.
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#1 - Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:04 PM EDT{"commentId":2236693,"authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
Pamela ... Dr Blockbuster was NEVER new here ... I just have posted less. :roflmAo: Dr Blockbuster has done more moderating of posts than you've had hot dinners.
You note I left it a while to reply :smiles: ... but Mr Gibbons does have a fair point to which I must reply.
TT
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{"commentId":2144710,"authorDomain":"gibbonsjohn20"}
Gulfwar syndrome does exist I have it I didn,t serve in the gulf but a squadron of R.A.F. tornado,s was returned to Warton near Preston uncleaned and placed in a disused hangar I WAS WORKING IN.I believe there as been a massive cover up using injections and other things to cloud the issue It is my believe that the cause is uranium dust mixed in with desert sand or dust inhaled causing the immunity system to attack healthy organs invected with the dust to be attacked causing so called sorgrens syndrome dry eyes dry mouth and all other ailments listed
1Chronic fatigue
2 Bleeding from rectrum
3Divocolitus
4Weak bladder muscles
5Forgetfulness
6Fybromygist
7Rapid nerves in muscles
8muscle cramps
THE complete aching of bones and muscles
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#2 - Tue Jul 8, 2008 5:28 PM EDT{"commentId":2236836,"authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
My apologies for not seeing this earlier.
Indeed there ARE many causes of GWS and finally the Government got round to recognizing it in October 2007 as quoted in Hansard and reported here.
Naturally Governments can't come out and say that in order to keep up with biological weapons they have to update vaccinations and test these on a representative "population" number ie troops. Other causes, as detailed by yourself, have also been ignored.
After 17 years now you would think that everything would be out in the open and that all those effected by GWS were receiving the best treatment available. I sincerely hope you are/have been getting the best help and presumably have been in contact with the likes of the NGVFA at http://www.ngvfa.org.uk
We don't have to go back far to read this:
8 May 2007: A recent poll of 121 MPs from all parties found that more than 70 per cent thought that the Government's actions towards ex-Service people suffering from Gulf War Illnesses had been very poor or inadequate.
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Who's interested in a survey though? ... it is effective treatment and results that are of primary importance.
Dr Blockbuster is continuing to make plenty noise to raise awareness about Gulf War Syndrome. It's well past time PM Gordon Brown made a decision that was cheered and respected by the British populace.
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