Il 15/01/On January 15th, 2025, a Press Conference was held to promote and increase awareness about the AidMIRE project at the headquarters of PP2, Azienda Ulss3 Serenissima.
The Strategic Management of Azienda ULSS 3 Serenissima, its Press Office, company staff involved in the project, and representatives of each partner organization met the press to promote the AidMIRE Project as it enters its final phase.
The conference outlined how the concept of a large-scale emergency transcends borders, emphasizing the importance of coherent preparation, training, and actions based on common protocols to ensure a swift response during crises. It highlighted the crucial role of advanced technology in ensuring timely and accurate interventions, and, most importantly, how cooperation creates new frameworks, even regulatory ones, that can be adopted by States to "build a more united Europe without borders."
“We’re talking about a decade of fruitful cooperation,” said Sandro Centonze, Director of Research and Innovation at Asugi. “Starting with the Integraid project, then Nexaid, and now AidMIRE, which creates networks and extends skills, experience, and preparedness across borders and beyond hospitals, focusing on three key pillars: training, collaboration, and communication.”
The project’s initiatives include a shared training plan that embraces the use of advanced technologies, a single-channel radio bridge, and a major half-blind simulation event scheduled for May 2025. These initiatives, according to Dr. Biagio Epifani, Scientific Coordinator of AidMIRE at AULSS 3 Serenissima, “enable the testing of healthcare system readiness and the identification of potential areas for improvement in procedures and technologies to manage large-scale health emergencies. This is particularly critical in treating polytrauma patients in cross-border areas, where healthcare systems differ in organization and territorial structure.”
“These years of INTERREG projects deliver the best outcomes for citizens,” noted Martina Stanič from Isola Hospital. “Our hospital has always provided our partners in this project with experience, reliability, and linguistic flexibility.”
“This is about cooperation and the transfer of best practices,” agreed Katerina Rihter from the Sežana Health Center, “to continually improve healthcare for our citizens.”
“We have worked together to create expanded common protocols across the territory and beyond hospitals,” added Igor Crnić from the Isola Health Center, “to present regulatory solutions to neighbouring states and develop shared experiences.”
As Dr. Biagio Epifani reminded, “It doesn’t happen, but if it happens:” the hope is never to face scenarios of cross-border large-scale emergencies. However, given intense mobility and the climate crisis, such scenarios cannot be ruled out. Thanks to NEXAid before and AidMIRE now, multiple transnational entities are prepared to act swiftly: united, prepared, and coordinated.