Riam said since the tragedy that occurred on May 5, 2012 off the coast of the island of St. Martin, which has killed four men, including two members of the Emergency Medical Services Personnel of the CHU of FORT de FRANCE, newspaper articles, without basis, are disseminated, involving the public nature of the mission of EMS 972.
The CHU of FRANCE FORT specifies that the request for medical evacuation from St. Maarten to Fort de France of the Cypriot national, was conducted at the request of the intensive care physician of the CHU, based on medical information received from his colleague in St. Maarten, information that the patient needed urgent repatriation to a specialized hospital and referral in cardiology and cardiac surgery.
The request for medical evacuation was then signed by the Director on Guard at CHU Fort de France on May 4, 2012, before the start of the repatriation.
It is in this context that the public repatriation mission was decided after the financial agreement of the insurance company (IWIA) to support the cost of repatriation and hospitalization of the Cypriot national, company that as usual, charters airlines.
Accordingly, the CHU of Fort de France denies the privacy of the public service provided by the EMS 972 and regrets that such use is conducted to downgrade the memory of "fighters for life" that are the medical staff and EMS paramedics.
