The patient traveled inside a special isolated air-transportable stretcher and was assisted during the transfer flight, lasting about 6 hours and 30 minutes, by a medical team of the aeronautical specialized in bio-containment, composed from around 25 people including doctors, specialists and on-board personnel.
An ambulance from the Lazzaro Spallanzani Institute in Rome, also equipped for biocontainment, was waiting for the infected doctor on the track. The transshipment of the patient from the airborne stretcher to that of the ambulance always took place in complete isolation. The ambulance then left for the Spallanzani, where the patient was hospitalized.
"The whole operation was carried out as planned and according to the procedures for which we are trained to operate," said Colonel Roberto Biselli, head of the AM bio-containment team. "At all times it was possible to assist, in conditions of maximum safety, the patient, who was quiet along the route."
Source: Public Information Office - Rome - ten. Simone Antonetti
