Sanitary Emergency

Title: Sanitary Emergency Category: Health Care Clicks: 0 Listing added: Mar 3, 2008 PageRank: 4/10

In case of emergency it is possible to call from all the national territory the free telephone number 118. In the cases in which it is not necessary the transport in hospital the service of medical guard (diurnal and nocturnal) is activated, while the service of ambulance or helicopters ambulance (helicopters) is active in the cases in which the transport in hospital is necessary. The helicopter ambulance service is active just in some regions for very serious car incidents or for incidents in mountain so as to make faster the transport of the wounded people. The 118 head office is operating 24 hours out of 24 every day and is in contact with assistance services, the hospitals and the other agencies that take part in emergency case (Civil Protection, Firemen, National Fire Department, and so on).