Wounded Ukrainians flown to Czech Republic
The Czech Ministry of Defence has reported that seven wounded Ukrainian adults and two children were flown to the Czech Republic in mid-July.
Image: Staff then to a patient onboard the CASA aircraft (MAJ Jolana Fedorkova)
The Czech Ministry of Defence has reported that seven Ukrainian adults and two children were flown to the Czech Republic in mid-July to receive follow-up treatment in hospitals in Prague and Ostrava.
The Chief of the medical team of the Air Rescue Service based at Line, Pilsen, Colonel Dr Michal Marecek, has been supervising the entire operation. He spoke highly of the preparations for this recent flight: “We cannot compare this evacuation to the first transportation of the wounded Ukrainians who were injured at Maidan last year. This whole procedure was excellently organised and everything ran smoothly.”
The aircraft first landed in Ostrava from Kiev and deposited two seriously burnt firefighters at a local hospital, and then flew to Kbely military airport in Prague with the remaining patients. Ground Ambulances from the Na Bulovce Hospital, General University Hospital and Motol University Hospital then transported the patients to their respective facilities.
In January this year, the Czech government allocated 50 million Czech Crowns for 2015 for the treatment of foreign patients under its MEDEVAC humanitarian programme. Launched in 1993, the programme was originally focused on providing healthcare to children, the elderly and women living in conflict-hit countries, but, over the years, it has extended this care to civilians wounded in battle.