LONDON - The new British Defence Secretary, Mr George Robertson, today unveils an action plan to tackle problems of Gulf Warrelated illnesses.
Significant new resources are to be pumped into extra research and the current medical assessment programme. New studies will examine the possible side effects of the combination of vaccinations and drugs taken by veterans as protection against attack by chemical and biological weapons during the conflict with Iraq.
Gulf War veterans' representatives are to be invited to meet ministers and discuss the crisis.