A seventy-year-old man, in imminent danger of death, was transferred to the Sant'Anna hospital in Castelnovo ne’ Monti thanks to a Falcon 50 from the 31st Wing of Ciampino.
The urgent medical transport of a patient from the Vito Fazzi Hospital in Lecce, who was in imminent danger of death due to heart failure, concluded this afternoon with a Falcon 50 aircraft from the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force, based in Ciampino.
The flight, bound for Bologna airport, allowed the patient, accompanied by a medical team and a family member, to reach the Sant'Anna hospital in Castelnovo ne’ Monti, in the province of Reggio Emilia, more quickly.
Emergency medical transport is one of the institutional activities that the Italian Air Force carries out in service to the community. The flight, defined in this case as “IPV – Imminent Danger to Life”, was activated at the request of the Prefecture of Lecce to the Apex Situation Room of the Air Force's Air Squad Command. This immediately involved the 31st Wing, one of the Units that carries out operational readiness service for this type of mission.
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 ensuring the transport of patients, organs, medical teams, and ambulances, even in complex weather conditions.
Hundreds of flying hours are carried out each year for these types of operations 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.
