First Transport of Poles Injured in Hungary Bus Crash Arrives Monday Evening

The first group of Polish citizens injured in a bus accident in Hungary is set to return to Poland on Monday evening via a special government flight. Around 20 individuals, whose medical conditions permit travel, will be brought back.

Government spokesperson Adam Szłapka announced the details of the operation during a press conference. A dedicated government plane, carrying representatives from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Polish medics, and consular officials, has been dispatched to Hungary. The injured Poles are currently receiving treatment in four Hungarian hospitals.

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These hospitals are all being visited and secured, both from a consular and medical perspective. Medics will be qualifying, are now qualifying, those individuals who would be suitable to return on the first transport.

Polish medical teams are visiting the hospitals to evaluate the condition of the injured and determine who is fit for the initial transport. "These hospitals are all being visited and secured, both from a consular and medical perspective," Szłapka stated. He added that the medics are assessing which individuals can travel on the first flight and who may require further care in Hungary.

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This is why medics from Poland immediately flew to the site, also to overcome language barriers, so that decisions could be made jointly: who can return on this first transport, which will return today, and who will possibly still need help on site.

The plane is scheduled to land at Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport in southeastern Poland. This location was chosen to facilitate hospitalization closer to the patients' homes for those requiring continued medical treatment. The regional authorities in Podkarpackie Voivodeship are coordinating further medical care, psychological support, and organizational assistance for the families of the injured.

Szłapka also commended the Hungarian authorities for their exemplary cooperation and assistance throughout the process. Decisions regarding patient transport are being made jointly by Polish and Hungarian doctors. Some Polish medical personnel will remain in Hungary to care for severely injured patients who cannot yet be evacuated. Alternative transport options, including a military CASA aircraft and specialized medical evacuation planes, are available for patients requiring ongoing intensive care or specialized equipment.

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Here, it must be strongly emphasized that this cooperation and this help from the Hungarian services have truly been exemplary, and here, truly, from Hungary, everything has proceeded, one might say, model-like.