Austria helps fire injured victims from northern Macedonia!

Austria helps fire injured victims from northern Macedonia!

A devastating misfortune shook the city of Kočani in northern Macedonia when a fire in a club cost 59 people and seriously injured numerous others. As the Austrian Federal Chancellery reports, countries such as Austria, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey have agreed to help immediately. The Macedonian Foreign Minister Timčo Mucunski asked for support to the Austrian embassy in Skopje, whereupon Austria said to provide medical help and to accept seriously injured patients. Based on the dramatic events, six patients, including four young men and two young women between the ages of 16 and 24, have already been flown to Austria in order to be treated there in intensive care.

medical evacuation and support

An Austrian emergency team of the C-130 "Hercules" had immediately broken up to northern Macedonia to transport the seriously injured. A total of three flights are planned to ensure that the injured people can be supplied in the hospitals in Graz and Vienna as soon as possible. On Monday morning, the first aircraft with two patients already landed on board in Graz. Treating patients with serious burns is a demanding challenge, since most hospitals in Southeast Europe are not optimally equipped to treat the most serious injuries.

Austria's government emphasized that it is important to act in solidarity in these difficult times. Chancellor Christian Stocker formulated that all of Austria was at the side of the Macedonian friends and wished all injured a quick recovery. Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner and Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger also made it clear that support in acute emergency situations was a matter of course. This tragic incident illustrates the urgent need for effective international cooperation in times of crisis, the article on today.at.