Anne-Marie Trevelyan, MP for Berwick, has been drawn in today’s ballot for questions to the Prime Minister.
She plans to ask the PM to consider offering assistance to Romanian authorities in the wake of the nightclub fire at the weekend which left 32 dead and over 150 with severe burns.
Anne-Marie’s constituent, leading burns specialist Dr Sarah Pape, flew to Bucharest on Monday and is assisting in the relief efforts. Dr Pape reports that Romania is not equipped to deal with large-scale casualties of the nature currently being experienced. She has asked Anne-Marie to raise the matter with the Prime Minister.
Anne-Marie asked the Prime Minister:
The PM will be aware of the horrific nightclub fire in Bucharest on Saturday which has left over 150 people with serious burns. My constituent, Dr Sarah Pape, one of the UK’s leading burns specialists went out on Monday to help the Romanian medical teams. I understand that there are 150 patients in need of critical burns care and only 25 burns beds in Bucharest – Dr Pape has asked if the Prime Minister would consider offering practical humanitarian medical assistance to the Romanian Government?