(ANSA) - GENOA, MAY 17 - An 11-year-old boy from Congo was transported to the Giannina Gaslini pediatric hospital in Genoa thanks to Flying Angels Foundations. This is transport number 2,000 of the non-profit organization, which specializes in the air transfer of seriously ill girls and boys in need of life-saving care not available in their countries of origin. From birth, the child suffers from recurrent and violent fevers that prevent him from leading a normal life and in Genoa he is following an adequate path of diagnosis and treatment, which can restore him a satisfactory life expectancy.
"That of the two thousand children saved since we began to operate is a symbolic goal that fills us with pride and spurs us to persevere in pursuing our mission of guaranteeing the right to health of children at all latitudes, especially in this historical moment. complex from a health point of view worldwide - comments Riccardo Rossano, secretary general of the Flying Angels Foundation. - This result represents for us the confirmation of the ability to work in emergencies, of the irreplaceable value of a network of solidarity that connects us with many subjects different all over the world, the effectiveness and efficiency of our actions to realize real possibilities of treatment, the real impact that an air travel can have on the future prospects of life and of these children ".
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