The Ministry of Defence said it was the first time medical personnel had been parachuted in to provide humanitarian support.

A specialist Army team and medical personnel parachuted on to the British overseas territory Tristan da Cunha with medical aid and equipment in a “daring” mission to help a Brit with suspected hantavi...

The U.K. defense ministry says a team of six paratroopers and two medical clinicians jumped Saturday from a Royal Air Force transport plane, which also dropped oxygen and medical equipment.