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The exercise in preparation for the anniversary at the Ostiense train station in Rome ended around 1:40 am last night. The scenario involved an accident with a fire on board a train, where victims of varying severity were helped directly on the platforms: the emergency services set up an advanced medical station to assist patients and direct them to hospitals, while those who were not injured were in shock. assisted by psychologists from the Civil Protection. About twenty hospitals were involved in the exercise. About a thousand people, including law enforcement officers, health workers and civil protection, were involved, in the presence of the Prefect of Rome, Lamberto Giannini, and several representatives of the armed forces on the ground. The second phase of the exercise will take place in hospitals, where the injured (about 70) and medical emergencies will be treated. “We met the timelines we set for the intervention,” said Prefect Giannini, “there was stabilization of the injured and referral to hospitals. From an initial assessment, we are satisfied with the way the advanced medical station was set up and also with the fact that it was possible to visit and stabilize all the injured within an hour. of primary care based on the information collected on site.” “It is important that tonight, under these light and weather conditions, the mechanism works. It is a test that is currently going well. We will see at the end of the exercise what the results will be and what improvements may be needed,” said General Carlo Catalano, Inspector General of Military Health.