mr. walsh has an extensive career working in areas of conflict. he has previously served as director in south sudan and in tanzania. we also have mr. edward graham, vice president of operations. he earned the samaritan s purse and after a long career with the united states army, i want to thank him for his service to our country. witnesses will be un-muted so we can swear you in. would you all please raise your right hands? d swear or affirm that the testimony you re about to give is the truth, whole truth and nothing that the truth, so help you god? swear. i do. i do. let the record show that the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. without objection, your statements will be made part of the record. you are now recognized for your testimony. thank you. thank you, chairman. ranking member and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you or organizing this committee. speaking from ukraine while serving with doctors without borders, we have been opera
people to do those diagnostic tests, then we are going to be swimming up hill on this issue, i m afraid. thank you very much, mister walsh, thank you. thank you for talking to us. five days after the worst of storm arwen, 30,000 homes are still without power because of catastrophic damage to the electricity network. parts of aberdeenshire have the been worst affected areas with areas of the north of england also suffering. the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, told mps that a dedicated team of engineers were working around the clock to restore the network. i m satisfied that these operators are sharing their resources through mutual aid agreements and through putting engineers to the worst affected areas, and i m extremely grateful to emergency responders who have also been working very hard to keep people as comfortable as possible, providing torches, blankets and other necessities.
iamjust i am just looking at the social distancing or not that is going on there, is anyone wearing a mask? i mean, you know, they are outside, obviously, some maybe that makes a difference. the lights having not gone on yet, as he can tell. so, i promise you that in another minute and a half, i would say that the lights will be switched on and may be, by that time, they will have gone. the number of people on the nhs waiting list and england could double to 12,000,000 come in a little over three years commit also estimates that the number of referrals for a suspected cancer cases made by gps in england during the pandemic as between a quarter of 1,000,000 three quarters of a million fewer than would had been expected. sean walsh as head of public affairs and campaigning at cancer research uk. hello to you, mister walsh. this is