This time last year, the health services of the Italian city of Bergamo were sinking under the burden of COVID-19, recalls EESC member Giuseppe Guerini, when the NGO Emergency stepped in to manage a field hospital set up to cope with the huge influx of patients. As we hear from medical director Oliviero Valoti, their help was providential.

This life-saving role in the crisis has earned Emergency the EESC Civil Solidarity Prize. EESC Vice-President Cillian Lohan explains the philosophy behind this one-off award while Emergency president Rossella Miccio tells us what recognition from Europe means to her organisation.

This time last year, the health services of the Italian city of Bergamo were sinking under the burden of COVID-19, recalls EESC member Giuseppe Guerini, when the NGO Emergency stepped in to manage a field hospital set up to cope with the huge influx of patients. As we hear from medical director Olivie...Read more

This time last year, the health services of the Italian city of Bergamo were sinking under the burden of COVID-19, recalls EESC member Giuseppe Guerini, when the NGO Emergency stepped in to manage a field hospital set up to cope with the huge influx of patients. As we hear from medical director Oliviero Valoti, their help was providential.

This life-saving role in the crisis has earned Emergency the EESC Civil Solidarity Prize. EESC Vice-President Cillian Lohan explains the philosophy behind this one-off award while Emergency president Rossella Miccio tells us what recognition from Europe means to her organisation.

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