Emergency transport with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Squadron for a 17-day-old baby from the Alghero Military Airport for urgent hospitalization at the Gaslini Hospital in Genoa
It took place on the 23rd of August, late in the evening, Urgent medical transport with a Falcon 50 The Air Force aircraft took off from Ciampino airport and headed to the military airport of Alghero (SS), carrying a baby girl who was only 17 days old and in extremely critical condition.
The child, accompanied by her father and mother, was constantly monitored by the medical team of the pediatric department of the hospital in Sassari, for immediate hospitalization at the Gaslini Hospital in Genoa.
The flight, requested by the Sassari Prefecture and coordinated by Situation room of the Air Force Command Headquarters, The Emergency Medical Transport Service, which operates 24 hours a day and also handles this type of urgent medical transport, was immediately activated using a Falcon 50 from the Air Force. 31st Wing of Ciampino.
After the boarding operations of the little patient and the passengers, carried out by the staff of the Alghero flight line together with the crew of the Falcon 50, the aircraft took off towards the airport of Genoa; upon arrival, an ambulance immediately headed towards the Gaslini Hospital where the child was hospitalized.
The military aircraft then returned to Ciampino Airport where it resumed operational readiness service.
The Italian Air Force's flight departments are available to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with aircraft and crews capable of operating, even in complex weather conditions, to ensure the urgent transport not only of individuals in imminent danger of life, but also of organs, medical teams, or ambulances.
Hundreds of flight hours are carried out each year for this type of operation by aircraft from the 31st Wing of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare, the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa, and by helicopters from the 15th Wing of Cervia.
