Sanitary or Evasan evacuations of Saint-Martin patients to Guadeloupe or Martinique are usually done from Juliana airport; the Louis-Constant Fleming hospital center having signed a contract with an airline company.
However, the health crisis linked to Covid-19, the restriction of border crossings, the closure of Juliana (except emergencies) and the total confinement of the population in the Dutch part made Evasan's procedures longer at the start of the game. French.
This is why the authorities of Saint-Martin have decided to insure the Evasan from the Grand Case airport. However, two constraints remain: due to the configuration of the aerodrome, aircraft movements are no longer allowed at night from Irma. That is to say that if the plane takes off at the end of the afternoon, the medical staff of the hospital center will not be able to return until the next day, which reduces the staff of the establishment accordingly.
In order to facilitate the Evasan, some of which must be done in an emergency if the patient's condition has rapidly deteriorated, the prefect has requested the support of the army. The arrival of 70 soldiers from 33e Fort de France Marine Infantry Regiment Sunday April 12 will provide helicopter evacuation day and night. The army and the hospital are in the process of setting up intervention procedures.
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