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LIFE SUPPORT EN ROUTE TO 500 PEOPLE IN DISTRESS IN MEDITERRANEAN

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

500 PEOPLE ON BOARD A BOAT THAT IS ALREADY TAKING ON WATER ALBERT MAYORDOMO, MISSION COORDINATOR: “ONE OF THE BABIES ON BOARD WAS BORN LAST NIGHT. WE KNOW THAT MANY ON BOARD ARE PREGNANT WOMEN AND MINORS. A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION, YET MALTA AND ITALY ARE NOT RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR RESCUE COORDINATION.” Five hundred […]

THE PEOPLE’S VACCINE: SCIENTISTS WARN G7 LEADERS OF CRITICAL VULNERABILITIES IN PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

Friday, May 19, 2023

To: Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister, Japan Joe Biden, President,United States Emmanuel Macron, President, France Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister, Italy Olaf Scholz, Chancellor, Germany Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister, United Kingdom Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Canada Dear G7 Leaders, As scientists and physicians who have dedicated our lives to scientific progress and the betterment of humanity, we […]

EMERGENCY Statement: Sudan

Monday, April 24, 2023

تشعر EMERGENCY بقلق بالغ إزاء القتال الدائر في الخرطوم وفي جميع أنحاء السودان. ندعو جميع أطراف النزاع إلى احترام مرافقنا الصحية والاعتراف بالمستشفيات كمناطق آمنة. تعد مست شفياتنا وعياداتنا أماكن محايدة حيث نعالج أي شخص محتاج دون تمييز. في مركز السلام لجراحة القلب في سوبا الحلة ، الخرطوم ، لا يمكن للعديد من المرضى البقاء […]

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 […]