Inspectoratul General de Aviatie (IGAv), Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs

The General Aviation Inspectorate (Inspectoratul General de Aviatie, IGAv) is the air service of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is based in Bucharest. This listing covers its Aeromedical Detachment, a government air medical service.

Services

The detachment flies emergency medical missions. The site lists these main tasks:

• Help for people hurt in serious road and other accidents
• Transfer of critical patients from remote or poorly served areas
• Support for emergency medical teams on the ground
• Transfer of seriously ill hospital patients and critical newborns to specialist centres
• Transport linked to organ transplants, search and rescue, and other missions tied to public safety

Aircraft and bases

The site names a SMURD Piper Cheyenne PA-42 airplane for medical flights in Romania and abroad. It operates from the Bucharest aeromedical operations point. The detachment also has medically equipped helicopters, but the site does not give the models. It oversees SMURD operations points in Bucharest, Targu Mures, Iasi, Arad, Craiova, Galati, Constanta and Jibou.

Who it serves

This is a state service, so it does not sell flights to private customers. It sits inside the Ministry of Internal Affairs and works with the emergency medical system that the public reaches through the national emergency call. The site says the work covers both everyday emergencies and special tasks tied to national safety. The detachment also keeps links with SMURD, which supplies the medical crews at its operations points across the country.

Facts

• Type: government air medical service
• Parent body: Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs
• Works with SMURD, the public emergency medical service
• Office hours on the site: 08:00 to 16:00