A newborn in critical condition, just one day old, was successfully transported from Alghero to Rome in an emergency medical flight conducted by the Air Force. The Falcon 900 aircraft from the 31st Wing based in Ciampino completed the mission, ensuring the infant's prompt transfer from Sassari University Hospital to Dr. Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome for specialized treatment. This lifesaving operation showcases the Air Force's commitment to serving the community through emergency medical transport services.

Rescue Flight for Newborn in Desperate Conditions Transported from Alghero to Rome

The emergency medical flight for a newborn who was just one day old and transported from Alghero to Rome by a plane has just concluded. The Falcon 900 from the 31st Wing of the Air Force, based in Ciampino, successfully completed the mission. The child, whose life was in danger, needed to be urgently and promptly transferred from the Sassari University Hospital to the pediatric hospital of Dr. Gesù in Rome to receive specialized treatments. The Air Force reported this in a press release. The Falcon 900, which carried the child with the help of a thermal cot and assisted by a medical team at Alghero-Fertilia airport, departed in the early afternoon, reaching Rome Ciampino airport after about an hour of flight. From there, the young patient, awaited by an ambulance on site, was able to quickly reach the destination hospital.

Emergency medical transport is one of the institutional activities that the Air Force carries out in service to the community. The flight, defined as IPV (Imminent Peril to Life), was activated at the request of the Cagliari Prefecture to the top-level situation room of the Air Force command teams, the operations room of the Air Force which includes the function of organizing and leading this type of missions. Wing 31, one of the departments responsible for operational training services for emergency medical transport, was immediately involved. The flight departments of the Air Force are available to the population 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with vehicles and crews capable of ensuring the transport of patients, organs, medical teams, and ambulances, even in complex weather conditions. Hundreds of flight hours are carried out each year for this type of intervention by the aircraft of Wing 31 in Ciampino, Wing 14 in Pratica di Mare, Air Brigade 46 in Pisa, and the helicopters of Wing 15 in Cervia.