أوكرانيا تستأنف الإخلاء الطبي الجوي باستخدام طائرات خدمة الطوارئ
وافقEffectiveDependencies على approves approved the procedure for resuming aeromedical evacuation using State Emergency Service aircraft, coordinated by the Ministry of Health’s emergency medicine and disaster medicine center. The mechanism is planned to cover urgent patient transfers, treatment abroad under the Medevac Ukraine program, and the transport of donor organs, medical teams, and essential equipment, with operations expected to begin by the end of 2026.
أبرز النقاط
- rescindUkraine approved a procedure for aeromedical evacuation by State Emergency Service aircraft
- The Ministry of Health’s emergency medicine and disaster medicine center will coordinate evacuations
- The State Emergency Service will provide aircraft and crews, subject to security and weather conditions
- Air transport will cover critically ill patients, donor organs, medical teams, and essential equipment
- Ukrainian patients will also be transported abroad for treatment under the Medevac Ukraine program
- The Kharkiv–Rzeszów route may take 2–3 hours by air versus 15–16 hours by road
- The new mechanism is expected to become operational by the end of 2026
لماذا يهمّ ذلك
The mechanism can substantially reduce the time needed to transport patients requiring urgent specialized care, including transfers between hospitals. It also enables treatment abroad within the Medevac Ukraine program and provides a means of moving donor organs, medical teams, and essential medical equipment.
ماذا حدث
Ukraine’s government approved a procedure for organizing aeromedical evacuations by aircraft of the State Emergency Service. The Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Center of Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine of the Ministry of Health will coordinate the process, while the State Emergency Service will provide aircraft and crews, taking security and weather conditions into account. Evacuations will include critically ill patients and may also be used to transport Ukrainians abroad for treatment under the Medevac Ukraine program. The mechanism additionally covers donor organs intended for transplantation, medical teams, and necessary medical equipment. The government expects it to begin operating by the end of 2026.
كيف تصفه المصادر الأوكرانية
Ukrainian reporting emphasizes the government decision, the division of institutional responsibilities, the planned launch by the end of 2026, and the practical reduction in travel time for patients needing urgent care. It also highlights the Ministry of Health center’s coordinating role, the State Emergency Service’s provision of aircraft and crews, and the mechanism’s use for treatment abroad.
أين تختلف الروايات
Sources disagree on when medical helicopters carried out 42 flights: some report October 2022, while others report September 2022.
الخلفية
A pilot aeromedical evacuation project was launched in Kyiv and Lviv regions in 2021, and Ukraine’s first civilian aeromedical evacuation was performed in April 2021. After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, civil aviation operations were substantially restricted because of flight-safety threats. The route from Kharkiv to the evacuation hub in Rzeszów, Poland, is reported as taking 15–16 hours by road compared with 2–3 hours by air.