An Antonov An-148 plane owned by the Russian Ministry for Emergency Sitautions has taken off from Ramenskoye airport to carry out medical evacuation of a seriously-ill child in need of urgent highly-qualified and high-tech medical aid, from the city of Simferopol to Saint Petersburg.

The flying hospital is rigged with modern equipment and special medical modules, ventilators and cardiac monitors allowing providing medical care aboard.

During the flight the patient is going to be accompanied by medical specialists of the Emergency Ministry’s Tsentrospas Team and All-Russian Disaster Medicine Center Zashchita of the Healthcare Ministry.

Once in Saint Petersburg the child is going to be transported to the V.A. Almazov National Medical Research Center.