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Item These are only a small sample of the ambitious preventive health measures taken by the GRN. Free health care for its people will require approximately £10m. New hospitals must be built, new doctors trained to replace those who have died or fled the country, and vast quantities of medical supplies and equipment found. The following are examples of the costs Reconstruction of the hospitals and clinics 67 refrigerators 40 sets of diagnostic equipment 8 sets of surgical equipment 12 machines for anaesthesia 6 operating tables 12 suction apparatuses 18 microscopes 71 ambulances and other vehicles for mobile care 720 sets of materials for childbirth The Nicaraguan Solidarity Campaign in Britain is already organising medical aid to Nicaragua, with regional committees in the North and South of England responsible for raising materials or money for the reconstruction of the medica! service in Esteli and Rivas respectively.
In addition, both the National Union of Public Employees and Confederation of Health Service Employees have promised to support the campaign nationally. This will be followed up shortly by the publication of a compreensive entitled Health In Nicaragua:
At the solidarity conference this weekend, discussion will take place with the funds to be raised over the next six to nine months.
Trade unionists, nurses or doctors who wish to help in this campaign should write to the Nicaraguan Medical Aid Committee, 20 Compton Terrace, London N1. Work has now begun on the bailding of a National Childre Hospital and five clinics im Nicaragua.