Czech trauma team ends mission in Nepal

The Czech trauma team which has been helping to deal with the consequences of the devastating earthquake in Nepal has concluded its mission and is due to return home on Friday, the ctk news agency reports. The 30-member team was made up of twenty doctors and nurses and ten firefighters who helped bring the injured down from hard-to-reach villages in the mountains. Since it started work on May 1, the trauma team provided medical assistance to over 1,100 people. It is leaving much of its equipment and medical supplies in Nepal for the use of the local health authorities.