This morning, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue vessel, Life Support, successfully concluded rescue operations for two closely situated boats in distress within international waters, in the Libyan SAR zone, with a total of 200 people aboard. Captain of Life Support, Domenico Pugliese, said: “At dawn, our radar detected two distressed boats. Upon investigation, we found them […]

EMERGENCY has opened a new Paediatric Outpatient Clinic in Khartoum, hosted within the same complex as the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery. The Outpatient Clinic will provide free healthcare to mothers and children up to 14 years old. Since conflict broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]

At 11:00 on Thursday, 21 March, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue vessel Life Support concluded the disembarkation of 71 people that were rescued on Saturday, 16 March, in international waters of the Maltese SAR zone.  “To arrive at the POS [place of safety] in Ravenna, it took us four days of navigation. The assignment of distant […]

At 23:15 on Tuesday, 12 March, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support completed the disembarkation of 52 people rescued on 11 March in the international waters of the Libyan SAR region. The distress case had been spotted from the bridge of Life Support after an alert from Alarm Phone. “The disembarkation operations of the […]

On Saturday, 9 March, at 17:33 CET, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support received a mayday relay from SPARROW 4, a Frontex aircraft. The aircraft informed the NGO ship that it had spotted around 40 people on board the Tunisian gas platform MISKAR, located in the Gulf of Gabes, in the international waters of […]

Italy’s Obstruction of Search and Rescue Activities is Endangering People’s Lives Joint statement by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in search and rescue activities in the Central Mediterranean In light of the increasing death toll in the Central Mediterranean since early 2023, coinciding with the adoption of a new law by Italian authorities and the systematic […]

Fifteen injured people arrived at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre in Kabul following two attacks. Yesterday, 11 January, two different attacks took place in Afghanistan’s capital city: one was caused by an explosive device placed near a market in a densely populated commercial area, and the other by an explosive device placed under a vehicle that reportedly […]

EMERGENCY has been forced to evacuate non-resident staff at its Cardiology Outpatient Clinic in Wad Madani and suspend the facility’s activities due to intensified fighting in the city, capital of Gezira state. The team of 10 people, which includes surgeons and pharmacists, are all Sudanese and are evacuating south. The clinic opened in August to […]

A Red Cross convoy came under armed attack on the morning of Sunday, 10 December, in Khartoum, Sudan. Nine people were on board. One person died immediately. The other eight wounded were taken to EMERGENCY’s hospital complex. Of the eight brought to the facility, one died on arrival from severe head injuries, three underwent surgery […]

Armed clashes and attacks on a military base and a prison took place on Sunday 26 November in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Following the clashes in the capital city, 11 injured people were received at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre in Goderich, a district in the western area of Freetown. “Since the beginning of the armed clashes on […]