The little patient, after the military aircraft landed at Ciampino airport, was urgently transferred to the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome
The mission of a Falcon 13.45 of the 900st Wing of the Air Force with on board a newborn of just 31 days of life for which it was necessary to transport emergency medical from Cagliari to the pediatric hospital ended around 2. Infant Jesus of Rome.
The life-saving flight, requested by the Prefecture of Cagliari, was immediately coordinated by the Summit Situation Room of the Air Squad Command, the operations room of the Air Force which has among its tasks also that of arranging and managing this type of missions through the activation of one of the aircraft that the Armed Force keeps ready, 24 hours a day, in various bases, for this kind of need.
The aircraft, which took off from Ciampino airport around noon, reached Cagliari airport where it embarked the very young patient in a thermal cradle, both parents and the medical team who ensured it. health care during the flight to the capital. After the Falcon 900 landed at Ciampino airport (RM), the little girl was immediately transferred by ambulance to the health facility of the capital.
Missions of this type require maximum timeliness. The Air Force Flight Departments are available to the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (even on holidays just like today), with vehicles and crews capable of operating, even in weather conditions. complex, to ensure the urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of life, but also of organs, medical teams or ambulances.