The emergency medical transport of a 24-year-old man, in imminent danger of life and in need of being transferred from the Provincial Health Authority of Cosenza to the Niguarda Hospital in Milan, concluded this afternoon. The Presidency of the Council of Ministers authorized the use of a G650 aircraft, based at Ciampino military airport, to transfer the patient from Lamezia airport, where in the meantime the young man had been transferred on board an ambulance, to Milan Linate airport. Once he reached his destination, the 24-year-old was transferred to the Milanese hospital to receive the necessary treatment.
This type of activity in favor of the community is one of the institutional tasks carried out by the Air Force. The Flight Departments are available to the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with vehicles and crews capable of operating, even in complex weather conditions, to ensure the urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of their lives, but also of organs, medical teams or ambulances. Every year there are hundreds of flight hours carried out for this type of intervention by the aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare, the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa and the helicopters of the 15th Wing of Cervia.