Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication

Seafarers rescued after sinking of cargo ship 'Volgo Balt', brought to port, undergoing medical checkup

The seafarers rescued after the cargo ship 'Volgo Balt 179' sank in the Black Sea were brought, on Friday morning, in the Constanta port passenger berth, several Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD) crews and the County Ambulance Service were present at the site. . The medical staff are checking the crew members' health status.

Burn patient flown to Munich aboard C-27J Spartan aircraft

A C-27J Spartan aircraft of the Romanian Air Force configured for medical missions is conducting a humanitarian mission on Sunday on the route Otopeni - Iasi - Munich, to carry a burn patient in an emergency regime, the National Defence Ministry (MApN) informed in a press release sent to AGERPRES.

IntMin Vela: Romania needs pilots, both for SMURD and for commercial aviation

In order to meet Romania's need for pilots, beside the option of retired pilots returning to service, there is also the alternative of co-opting young people into joining such a rewarding profession, Interior Minister Marcel Vela declared, on Friday, in western Timisoara.

IntMin Vela: Four new SMURD helicopters will be operated by experienced pilots, called in from reserve

Four new Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD) helicopters will be operated by experienced pilots, called in from reserve, Interior Minister Marcel Vela has announced on Monday, in a press statement held in the presence of chief of Emergency Situation Department Raed Arafat.

ForMin Melescanu: Meeting of Romanian-Palestinian Intergovernmental Committee, proof of Romania's firm commitment to Palestine's institutional building

The third meeting of the Romanian-Palestinian Intergovernmental Committee (CIG III) is clear proof of Romania's firm commitment to Palestine's institutional building, an essential objective in the sustainable, political settlement of the conflict in the Middle East, Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said.

Interior Minister Oprea: We decided to rethink intervention procedures in emergecy situation to ensure a maximum efficiency

Minister of Interior, Gabriel Oprea, on Tuesday told a videoconference with the prefects that he decided, after consulting with Prime Minister Victor Ponta, to rethink the intervention procedures in emergency situations, in order to ensure a maximum efficiency of this system.

PM Ponta: Project with Moldova - most successful project of Romania and Europe so far

Prime Minister Victor Ponta has asked ministers, on Thursday, to continue their work in finalising the joint projects they develop together with authorities in Chisinau, considering the project with Moldova to be the most successful project of Romania and Europe so far.