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Ambulances began taking patients across the border last week. Air ambulance helicopters started transferring patients deeper into Germany from Tuesday.
Olivier Pirotte, operations coordinator for Belgium’s helicopter medical centre, said air transport was required to minimise the travel time for patients.
A trip such as to the German city of Muenster would take at least three hours by road, but can be done up to three times faster by air, and with fewer shocks to the patient such as from road bumps.
Martin Kotthaus, Germany’s ambassador to Belgium, said a mechanism had been set up to…
