site.btaPreparations for Arrival of Third Medical Helicopter Are Completed, Says Transport Minister

Preparations for the arrival of the third medical helicopter have been completed and the facilities and hangars in Sliven are ready, but the overall operation is being managed by the Health Ministry, Deputy Prime Minister and Transport and Communications Minister Grozdan Karadjov said on Tuesday.

During an inspection of the progress of construction works on the Elin Pelin - Septemvri railway section in Vakarel (Western Bulgaria), Karadjov stated that the third helicopter will be stationed in Sliven.

According to preliminary data from the Italian company Leonardo S.p.A., the third helicopter will be delivered by the end of March, the Health Ministry said on February 28. The second helicopter for providing emergency medical assistance by air landed in Bulgaria on that date. It will also be stationed at the regional Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Base in Sliven.