Another 11 patients from Ukraine landed in Prague
On Thursday 6 March 2014 a CASA military aircraft with Ukrainian patients accompanied by a specialized team of military doctors and specialized medical staff landed in Prague as an extension of the MEDEVAC program organized by Czech ministries of interior, defense, healthcare and foreign affairs.
MEDEVAC program administered by the Ministry of Interior in cooperation with the ministries of health, foreign affairs and defense. Program since 1993, when it began as a reaction to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, followed by the war in Kosovo. Extending the program to Syria approved by the government in 2012. In the Czech Republic under the MEDEVAC were treated in 2012–2013 a total of twelve Syrian patients, namely two adults injured in May 2012, four children and six adults injured in late 2012. In December 2013 they were joined by two Syrian brothers and sisters. After the conflict in Ukraine, the Czech 27 February 2014, 27 patients from among the demonstrators and 6 March 2014 they added another eleven.