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08 March 2021 The medical train equipped for the treatment and transport of patients during emergencies or disasters and the vaccination center to counter the spread of Covid-19 in the Roma Termini railway hub. 



Two important projects with which the FS Italiane Group, in collaboration with the Department of Civil Protection, the Lazio Region, the Italian Red Cross and the Regional Emergency Emergency Agency of Lombardy (AREU), wants to contribute to the restart of the country. 



The news was illustrated today in Rome Termini by the Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of FS Italiane, Gianfranco Battisti.

Present were the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, the Head of the Civil Protection Department Fabrizio Curcio, the President of the Lazio Region Nicola Zingaretti and the National President of the Italian Red Cross Francesco Rocca.



Hope: soon more doses and administration points

"We must try again to govern the" Covid-19 contagion curve "at a time when variants make the virus more difficult to manage and faster in infecting. We need to call everyone back to the table. maximum caution, we expect difficult weeks. But we look to the future with confidence, we have effective and safe vaccines. Many more doses are coming and we will have more opportunities to build spaces like this in Rome Termini. There will be more and more places in Italy where you can get vaccinated ".

This was stated by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, speaking at the presentation event of the health train at the Roma Termini station.



"The symbolic departure of this train will be an example, an important model in more of a National Health Service that goes where it is needed," said Speranza.

"21 beds in intensive and sub-intensive care - he underlined - enable us to strengthen a territory where there is a difficulty and therefore an idea of ​​proximity to the national health service that goes where there is a problem. I believe that signals a direction of travel that is exactly the right one ".



"The NHS is the most precious stone we have, we must defend it with all the strength we have", added Speranza.

"The pieces of the country system must be put together, the virus can only be fought if we put together all the energy we have".



The health train The health

train is a project born from the collaboration between the FS Italiane Group, the Department of Civil Protection and the Regional Emergency Emergency Agency of Lombardy.

The convoy is equipped with dedicated medical personnel in carriages equipped with specific medical equipment and can be made available for the management of national or international emergencies. 



The train can have the function of transporting patients to other areas of Italy or abroad to relieve the pressure on hospitals, as well as represent an integration to the local health service for the management of emergencies, in case of use as a Medical Post. Advanced. 



First railway hub for vaccinations

Roma Termini, on the other hand, is the first Italian railway hub in which, thanks to the collaboration between the Lazio Region, the Italian Red Cross and the FS Italiane Group, it will be possible to carry out vaccinations, according to the provisions of the National Strategic Plan for Vaccination . 



The facility, set up in an area of ​​the FS Italiane Group in Piazza dei Cinquecento, is equipped with 21 vaccination stations, two of which are dedicated to people with disabilities.

At full capacity, 1,500 vaccinations per day are planned.



In April the first

covid-free

train


"In early April we will build a covid free train that will initially go between Rome and Milan. We will do the tests before boarding staff and passengers".

This was stated by the Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of FS Italiane, Gianfranco Battisti, on the occasion of the presentation of the health train and vaccination hub at Termini station.

"We will implement this solution especially on tourist destinations for the summer," he added.