Rega kept busy during summer
Swiss air ambulance company Rega announced that, over the 2017 summer holidays, it repatriated a total of 260 patients from abroad back to Switzerland.
Swiss air ambulance company Rega announced that, over the 2017 summer holidays, it repatriated a total of 260 patients from abroad back to Switzerland. The majority of the patients, 190 in total, were repatriated using the company’s three Challenger CL-604 air ambulances.
Rega said that the majority of patients were repatriated from other European countries, with Italy, Spain, France and Greece proving the most popular places for Swiss travellers. The longest repatriation that the company had to perform was bringing back a patient from Australia. The most common reasons for repatriations this summer were diseases, followed by vehicle-related and sports injuries.
The company pointed out that summer is its busiest season, due to more Swiss heading abroad during the summer break.