Nas checks on 1300 ambulances, 9 impounded and 160 irregular vehicles

As part of the strategy implemented by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Health in the health security sector during the current period of the Covid-19 pandemic emergency, there are checks on vehicles used in transport and medical rescue, with the verification of the standards of safety and hygiene of ambulances. The national verification campaign carried out by the Carabinieri dei Nas, in agreement with the Ministry of Health, involved a total of 1,297 ambulances employed in emergency services – health urgency and in the transport of the sick, identifying 160 vehicles that do not comply with the regulations governing the correct provision of the service and the safety of operators and patients on board. Nine vehicles were seized.