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EMERGENCY Calls on Parties to Conflict in Sudan to Respect Health Facilities
Monday, April 24, 2023
EMERGENCY is deeply concerned about the ongoing fighting in Khartoum and throughout Sudan, and calls on all parties to the conflict to respect our health facilities and recognise hospitals as safe zones. Our hospitals and clinics are neutral places where we treat anyone in need, without discrimination. At the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in […]
SUDAN, EMERGENCY: 7 INTERNATIONAL STAFF RETURN TO ITALY. 46 INTERNATIONAL STAFF REMAIN IN KHARTOUM, NYALA AND PORT SUDAN.
Sunday, April 23, 2023
7 INTERNATIONAL STAFF RETURN TO ITALY. 46 INTERNATIONAL STAFF REMAIN IN KHARTOUM, NYALA AND PORT SUDAN. FRANCO MASINI, MEDICAL COORDINATOR AT SALAM CENTRE FOR CARDIAC SURGERY IN KHARTOUM: “WE CONTINUE OUR ACTIVITIES EVEN IF THEY ARE REDUCED. WE CANNOT LEAVE OUR PATIENTS.” Seven EMERGENCY workers have chosen to return to Italy with the evacuation convoy […]
EMERGENCY’S SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT DISEMBARKS 55 PEOPLE RESCUED IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN AT MARINA DI CARRARA.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
EMANUELE NANNINI, PROJECT COORDINATOR: “ASSIGNING A DISTANT PORT IS CRUELTY TO THE RESCUED PEOPLE.” ROBERTO MACCARONI, SAR HEALTH OFFICER: “VICTIMS OF TORTURE, FORCED MARRIAGES, AND VIOLENCE IN LIBYA: THESE ARE THE HORROR STORIES WE HEAR ON BOARD.” Marina di Carrara, 19 April 2023 – At 11.58 am, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support completed […]
161 PEOPLE RESCUED BY EMERGENCY’S SHIP LIFE SUPPORT DISEMBARK IN ORTONA
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
161 PEOPLE RESCUED BY EMERGENCY’S SHIP LIFE SUPPORT DISEMBARK IN ORTONA EMANUELE NANNINI, PROGRAMME COORDINATOR ON BOARD: “WE PLAN TO LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE RESCUING PEOPLE IN DISTRESS AT SEA.” Ortona, 28 March 2023 – In the port of Ortona, at 3pm today, EMERGENCY completed the disembarkation of 161 people rescued between […]
105 PEOPLE RESCUED OVERNIGHT BY LIFE SUPPORT
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
LAST NIGHT EMERGENCY’S SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT CARRIED OUT A RESCUE IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS ASSIGNED TO THE BRINDISI POS, SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE ON FRIDAY MORNING 7 March 2023 – Late last night, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support received a report of a boat in distress in international waters off Libya. The […]
CIVITAVECCHIA: DISEMBARKATION OF 156 PEOPLE RESCUED BY EMERGENCY’S SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT
Sunday, February 19, 2023
AMONG THE RESCUED ARE TWO WOMEN AND 28 UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. MANY REPORT VIOLENCE IN LIBYA EMANUELE NANNINI, PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR LIFE SUPPORT: “BOTH BOATS RESCUED HAD OBVIOUS NAVIGATIONAL PROBLEMS. THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE WERE AT RISK IF WE HAD NOT FOUND THEM IN TIME.” Civitavecchia, 19 February 2023 – In the port of Civitavecchia […]
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 16 FEBRUARY, EMERGENCY’S SHIP LIFE SUPPORT CARRIED OUT TWO RESCUES
Thursday, February 16, 2023
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 16 FEBRUARY, EMERGENCY’S SHIP LIFE SUPPORT CARRIED OUT TWO RESCUES. BOTH BOATS WERE IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS 156 PEOPLE RESCUED. ASSIGNED THE POS OF CIVITAVECCHIA EMERGENCY DENOUNCES INTIMIDATION BY VESSEL BELONGING TO LIBYAN SECURITY FORCES On 16 February, shortly after 12 a.m., EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support spotted […]
EMERGENCY and Ogilvy Italy turn Gino Strada’s words into reality with AI.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
EMERGENCY and Ogilvy Italy turn Gino Strada’s words into reality with AI. For a 2023 in the name of peace. Milan — 09/01/2023 – For the sixth year in a row, Ogilvy and EMERGENCY have created a video to wish the world not only a new year, but a peaceful one. The theme of this […]
EMERGENCY NGO SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT EMBARKS ON INAUGURAL MISSION IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
EMERGENCY NGO SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT EMBARKS ON INAUGURAL MISSION IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA A 28-PERSON TEAM IS ONBOARD, CONSISTING OF CREW, RESCUERS, MEDICS, AND CULTURAL MEDIATORS. Life Support, EMERGENCY’s specialist search and rescue vessel, has departed from Genoa, Italy, on its maiden voyage into the central Mediterranean Sea, joining the civil […]
KABUL: Explosion in Dasht-e-Barchi.
Friday, September 30, 2022
22 PATIENTS RECEIVED SO FAR. MORE THAN 20 MASS CASUALTIES HANDLED BY EMERGENCY IN KABUL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. A total of 22 patients, including 20 women, have been received at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre for War Victims in Kabul following the suicide attack that took place this morning, 30 September, inside an educational […]