COVID-19 Italy Response Press Kit

Disaster response specialists use makeshift wooden bridges to transport and disinfect items between the contaminated and clean zones at the Emergency Field Hospital.

About two-thirds of all coronavirus deaths in Italy have been in the Lombardy region where Cremona Hospital is located. Samaritan's Purse is working alongside the hospital to provide surge capacity and treat COVID-19 victims.

Disaster response nurse Kelly Sites prepares to provide critical relief to COVID-19 patients at the Emergency Field Hospital in Cremona, Italy.

Disaster response specialists are working tirelessly to support the local hospital and provide critical relief to COVID-19 patients in Cremona, Italy.

Disaster response specialists use makeshift wooden bridges to transport and disinfect items between the contaminated and clean zones at the Emergency Field Hospital.

On March 20, the Samaritan’s Purse Emergency Field Hospital opened in Cremona, Italy.

On March 20, Samaritan’s Purse doctors and nurses began treating patients at the Emergency Field Hospital in Cremona, Italy.

On March 20, Samaritan’s Purse doctors and nurses began treating patients at the Emergency Field Hospital in Cremona, Italy.

The Emergency Field Hospital is designed to be customizable, which means that each response is unique and tailored to the needs of the people in a disaster-stricken area.

The Emergency Field Hospital in Cremona, Italy utilizes a new layout and specialized equipment to provide the highest level of respiratory care to patients who are suffering from the coronavirus.

The Emergency Field Hospital is set up in Cremona, Italy, where the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed the local medical infrastructure, leaving many families without access to critical care.

The Emergency Field Hospital in Cremona, Italy utilizes a new layout and specialized equipment to provide the highest level of respiratory care to patients who are suffering from the virus.

Less than 24 hours after the Emergency Field Hospital opened in Italy, the Intensive Care Unit was full with patients suffering from COVID-19.

The respiratory care unit provides critical surge capacity to the local hospital, including the initial screening, triage, and testing before providing patients with critical care.

The Emergency Field Hospital is staffed by more than 60 disaster response specialists including doctors, nurses, lab technicians, water and sanitation specialists, and additional support staff.

The mobile hospital has a unique layout with specialized respiratory equipment to provide the highest level care to patients who are suffering from the virus.

The Emergency Field Hospital has a unique layout with specialized respiratory equipment to provide the highest level care to patients who are suffering from the virus.

The 68-bed respiratory care unit is set up in the parking lot of the Cremona hospital, providing surge capacity to COVID-19 patients in northern Italy where the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed the local medical infrastructure.

The 68-bed respiratory care unit is set up in the parking lot of the Cremona Hospital, to help care for an overflow of COVID-19 patients in northern Italy where the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed the local medical infrastructure.

Disaster response specialists set up the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital in Cremona, about 50 miles outside of Milan, to help care for an overflow of COVID-19 patients in northern Italy.

The Emergency Field Hospital is customizable to provide emergency relief in disaster-stricken areas where medical infrastructure is damaged, overwhelmed, or nonexistent.

The Emergency Field Hospital is customizable to provide emergency relief in disaster-stricken areas where medical infrastructure is damaged, overwhelmed, or nonexistent.

The Italian Air Force and Lombardy Region Civil Protection volunteers worked alongside Samaritan's Purse to set up the Emergency Field Hospital in Cremona, Italy.

The Emergency Field Hospital has a unique layout with specialized respiratory equipment to provide the highest level of care to patients who are suffering from the virus.

The Italian Air Force and Lombardy Region Civil Protection volunteers worked alongside Samaritan's Purse to set up the Emergency Field Hospital in Cremona, Italy.

The Italian Air Force and Lombardy Region Civil Protection volunteers worked alongside Samaritan's Purse to set up the Emergency Field Hospital in Cremona, Italy.

The 68-bed respiratory care unit is set up in the parking lot of the Cremona Hospital, to provide surge capacity and treat COVID-19 patients in northern Italy where the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed the local medical infrastructure.

The Emergency Field Hospital has a unique layout with specialized respiratory equipment to provide the highest level care to patients who are suffering from the virus.

The 68-bed respiratory care unit is set up in the parking lot of the Cremona Hospital, to provide surge capacity and treat COVID-19 patients in northern Italy where the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed the local medical infrastructure.

The Emergency Field Hospital is mobile and ready for rapid deployment to provide emergency relief in disaster-stricken areas where medical infrastructure is damaged, overwhelmed, or nonexistent.

Samaritan's Purse airlifted a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital and 32 disaster response specialists including respiratory therapists, doctors and nurses to aid thousands affected by the Coronavirus in Italy.

Samaritan's Purse airlifted a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital and 32 disaster response specialists including respiratory therapists, doctors and nurses to aid thousands affected by the Coronavirus in Italy.

The DC-8 cargo plane carried more than 20 tons of medical equipment to northern Italy—including a specialized respiratory care unit developed specifically in response to COVID-19, and 32 disaster response specialists including respiratory therapists, doctors, and nurses.

On March 17, Samaritan's Purse airlifted a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital and 32 disaster response specialists including respiratory therapists, doctors and nurses to aid thousands affected by the Coronavirus in Italy.

On March 17, Samaritan's Purse airlifted a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital and 32 disaster response specialists including respiratory therapists, doctors and nurses to aid thousands affected by the Coronavirus in Italy.

On March 17, Samaritan's Purse airlifted a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital and 32 disaster response specialists including respiratory therapists, doctors and nurses to aid thousands affected by the Coronavirus in Italy.

The Samaritan's Purse DC-8 cargo plane will airlift a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital to aid families impacted by the Coronavirus in northern Italy.

The Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital is mobile and ready for rapid deployment to provide emergency relief in disaster-stricken areas where medical infrastructure is damaged, overwhelmed or nonexistent. The hospital will be airlifted along with 32 disaster response specialists to aid those impacted by the Coronavirus outside Milan, Italy.

The Samaritan's Purse DC-8 aircraft will carry a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital and a team of 32 disaster response specialists to aid thousands impacted by the Coronavirus in Italy.

Samaritan’s Purse is the first international organization to provide emergency medical relief to families impacted by the deadly COVID-19 outbreak in northern Italy.

The Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital will be set up outside of Milan, Italy, where the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed the local medical capacity.

The Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital is mobile and ready for rapid deployment to provide emergency relief in disaster-stricken areas where medical infrastructure is damaged, overwhelmed or nonexistent.

Samaritan's Purse is setting up a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital outside of Milan, Italy to provide life-saving care as many suffer from COVID-19.

Samaritan's Purse is airlifting a 68-bed Emergency Field Hospital and 32 disaster response specialists including respiratory therapists, doctors and nurses to aid thousands affected by the Coronavirus in Italy.

Aerials

Aerials & Critical Care

Treating COVID-19

First Patients Arrive

Hospital Walk Through

Emergency Field Hospital Setup

Unloading Emergency Field Hospital

DC-8_Airlift to Italy

COVID-19 Italy Response