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The Urda emergency mobilises Madrid's healthcare and transport network
The Urda emergency is mobilising healthcare resources in Madrid. The most serious cases are also being transferred by air. The region is providing buses to help with evacuations and cover interrupted routes. A psychosocial support point for victims and relatives is operating at Atocha.
The Servicio Madrileño de Salud has 922 beds available to respond to the extraordinary needs arising from the emergency in Urda.
The Comunidad de Madrid has activated Paz y Getafe to care for the injured. The 12 de Octubre is also available. Patients with the most serious injuries are being airlifted to receive care in the region.
At the scene of the accident, Madrid emergency services have set up an advanced medical post. There, they have treated nine people and transferred two to Madrid, according to data provided by the Comunidad. The team sent to Toledo includes eight units from the Comunidad de Madrid Fire Brigade and eight resources from SUMMA 112.
The Agencia de Seguridad y Emergencias Madrid 112 (ASEM112) has set up a psychosocial support post for victims and their families at Atocha. The operation includes ambulances and two off-road vehicles. It also includes a supply vehicle and a logistics truck with four tents, stretchers, tables, benches, more than 40 camp beds, and lighting equipment.
The Comunidad has offered the Ministerio de Transportes and the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha its fleet of intercity buses to support evacuations and urgent travel, as well as to cover affected routes by road.
The deployment divides the response between the site of the incident and Madrid. In Toledo, the advanced medical post is attending to those affected. In the region, hospitals are receiving those who need care. Atocha also has a psychosocial support area for victims and their families.