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| Falklands Veterans' ship reunion | Falklands Veterans' ship reunion |
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| Falklands war hospital ship nurses have been reunited with some of the badly injured servicemen they treated more than 26 years ago. | Falklands war hospital ship nurses have been reunited with some of the badly injured servicemen they treated more than 26 years ago. |
| More than 170 Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (Qarnns) former personnel attended the first Hospital Ship Uganda reunion. | More than 170 Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (Qarnns) former personnel attended the first Hospital Ship Uganda reunion. |
| The event took place on board P&O Cruises liner, Aurora, in Southampton. | The event took place on board P&O Cruises liner, Aurora, in Southampton. |
| More than 900 people died during the 1982 war, among them 255 UK servicemen and 655 Argentines. | More than 900 people died during the 1982 war, among them 255 UK servicemen and 655 Argentines. |
| We haven't forgotten those that we cared for Liz Ormerod a senior nursing officer | We haven't forgotten those that we cared for Liz Ormerod a senior nursing officer |
| The Qarnns medics were the only military females working within the combat zone during the conflict and they were also the first female Royal Naval junior ratings in history to serve at sea. | The Qarnns medics were the only military females working within the combat zone during the conflict and they were also the first female Royal Naval junior ratings in history to serve at sea. |
| Liz Ormerod, a senior nursing officer on board Uganda, said: "It stirs up a lot of emotions. | Liz Ormerod, a senior nursing officer on board Uganda, said: "It stirs up a lot of emotions. |
| "But I think it is important as it shows the degree of solidarity that we had between the nursing staff and haven't forgotten and that we haven't forgotten those that we cared for." | "But I think it is important as it shows the degree of solidarity that we had between the nursing staff and haven't forgotten and that we haven't forgotten those that we cared for." |
| The 53-year-old, from East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, still works as a nurse. | The 53-year-old, from East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, still works as a nurse. |
| Falklands veteran John Jones, a former lance-sergeant in the Welsh Guards, had both his legs amputated below the knee onboard the Uganda after he was injured in the conflict. | Falklands veteran John Jones, a former lance-sergeant in the Welsh Guards, had both his legs amputated below the knee onboard the Uganda after he was injured in the conflict. |
| The 51-year-old, from Basingstoke, Hampshire, said: "I just wanted to shake the surgeon by the hand and thank the whole team for their dedication, sheer courage and care which meant that so many of us did come back alive." | The 51-year-old, from Basingstoke, Hampshire, said: "I just wanted to shake the surgeon by the hand and thank the whole team for their dedication, sheer courage and care which meant that so many of us did come back alive." |
| 'Head injuries' | 'Head injuries' |
| Nicci Pugh, from Dartmouth, Devon, a sister in Uganda's operating room, told BBC News: "We saw harrowing and saddening situations, but we had to help each other through the bad times and we had to be strong for our patients." | |
| Nick Martin, a naval stores accountant from Newquay, Cornwall, suffered head injuries when two Exocet missiles hit the Atlantic Conveyor. | Nick Martin, a naval stores accountant from Newquay, Cornwall, suffered head injuries when two Exocet missiles hit the Atlantic Conveyor. |
| The 51-year-old said: "We were treated by an amazing team of people and I never got the chance to say 'thank you' for getting me back together again," he said. | The 51-year-old said: "We were treated by an amazing team of people and I never got the chance to say 'thank you' for getting me back together again," he said. |
| The P&O educational cruise ship Uganda was requisitioned in the middle of a cruise in the Mediterranean after the Argentineans invaded the Falkland Islands | The P&O educational cruise ship Uganda was requisitioned in the middle of a cruise in the Mediterranean after the Argentineans invaded the Falkland Islands |
| More than 700 casualties were cared for on the Uganda, and more than 500 surgical operations were carried out in its operating theatres. | More than 700 casualties were cared for on the Uganda, and more than 500 surgical operations were carried out in its operating theatres. |