Another 38 patients from the Ukraine have arrived at Frankfurt Airport, 12 of whom are to be cared for in Hesse.

They all suffered serious injuries from the Russian war of aggression and can only receive inadequate care in their home country.

Ukrainian hospitals or neighboring countries can report through their authorities if they are overwhelmed and need support.

The Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance organizes the transfer of the patients to Germany.

Monica Ganster

Editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.

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Numerous actors are involved in the aid in Germany, as Rainer Heisterkamp, ​​a spokesman for the Frankfurt fire brigade, describes.

The Air Force provides a Medevac Airbus which, with doctors and an intensive care unit on board, also ensures medical care during the flight.

The inpatient care planning staff of the Hessian Ministry of Health allocates the patients to various clinics in Kleeblatt Südwest based on their reported injuries.

Processes were tested during the pandemic

These include hospitals in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Baden-Württemberg.

After arriving in Frankfurt, however, doctors would first check the patient's state of health, according to Heisterkamp.

If an emergency occurs, the plans may have to be changed at short notice.

On Monday, five rescue helicopters were ready for the transport, the other 33 patients would be "transported to the ground," says the spokesman.

The Frankfurt fire brigade is the coordination center for the secondary transports in Hesse.

The processes based on the so-called cloverleaf concept were tested during the corona pandemic, when seriously ill people from areas with overburdened hospitals in Germany were distributed to other regions.

The 16 federal states are divided into five regions - the cloverleaves north, east, south, south-west and west.

By the beginning of June, Germany had already taken in 220 injured people from Ukraine.

The Kleeblatt Südwest took on 35 patients, most of whom had been taken to northern Germany or Bavaria.

With the flight on Monday, the number of those who receive medical help in the southwest increases significantly.