The baby, placed inside a thermal cradle, was transported from Alghero to Genoa aboard a Falcon 50 aircraft of the Italian Air Force
One newborn baby of just one day old, admitted to the Sassari University Hospital, was flown to hospital in the early afternoon from Alghero (SS) to Genoa, on board an aircraft Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force. The emergency medical transport allowed the little boy to receive the necessary treatment at the “G. Gaslini” paediatric hospital in Genoa.
The transport request, as provided for by emergency procedures, was received by the Prefecture of Sassari at the Top Situational Room of the Air Squad Command, the operations room of the Italian Air Force which has among its tasks that of arranging and managing this type of mission through the activation of one of the aircraft that the Armed Force keeps ready 24 hours a day, at various bases, for this kind of necessity.
The newborn, protected in a thermal cradle, was embarked together with the father and the medical team on board the military aircraft, before taking off from Alghero airport at around 15.15.
After about an hour, the military plane reached Genoa airport, where the young patient was transferred by ambulance to the “Istituto Giannina Gaslini” Paediatric Hospital in the capital of the Liguria region.
Missions of this type require the utmost promptness. The flight units of the Italian Air Force are at the disposal of the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with vehicles and crews capable of operating, even in complex weather conditions, to ensure urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of death, but also of organs, medical teams or ambulances.
