CORONAVIRUS: COVID HOSPITAL READY AT THE TORINO HOSPITALS

After the work of the Military Air Force's Engineering Departments was completed in the setting up of the 92-bed health care area to alleviate the healthcare load for intensive care treatments

20/04/2020

Source: General Office of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force

Author: Public Information Office - Rome

After completing the work of the Engineering Departments of the Italian Air Force in setting up the 92-bed healthcare area to alleviate the healthcare load for intensive care treatments The work has been completed inside dthe complex ofOGR– exOfficine Grandi Riparazioni – from Turin for the realization Dell‘health zone’ destined for Patients affected by Coronavirus of mild and moderate severity. Present at the opening of the facility on Saturday, April 18th, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Air Squadron General Alberto Rosso.
The Aeronautics Engineering Departments areOperational unitsequipped with all the necessary expertise and resources to design and build infrastructure of a wide range of types, with particular specialization in the field of airport infrastructure, ensuring the Armed Forces with an autonomous and timely response capability in the civil and infrastructure sectors. Depending on the tasks assigned to the Defense, these units are employed, in particular, for logistical support in infrastructure operations outside national borders and for assisting the Civil Protection Emergency Response Force in cases of disasters and, as in this case, national emergencies.
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