Can I apply for medical evacuation from Gaza?
You cannot apply or ask UDI to come to Norway through the medical evacuation scheme (Medevac Gaza). It is the World Health Organization (WHO) or one of the countries in the region that requests the evacuation of the individual patient. The various countries that are part of the Medevac scheme assess whether they can offer evacuation to the individual patient and then notify the WHO or the country that requested evacuation.
Who is eligible?
Patients who are eligible for medical evacuation have serious illnesses or life-threatening conditions that require specialised hospital services.
One person may accompany each patient
The main rule is that each patient can bring one accompanying person. But in some cases, the patient can bring more, so that, for example, younger siblings are not left alone.
The accompanying person can be siblings, parents or another caregiver.
UDI must grant an entry permit and provide a place to stay
To facilitate the medical evacuation from Gaza, UDI will work with hospitals and asylum centres.
UDI is responsible for issuing an entry permit to the patients and their accompanying persons.
UDI must provide a place to stay for accompanying persons and arrange accommodation for patients upon discharge from the hospital. Bufetat must provide a place to stay if the patient is a minor under the age of 15 and does not have an accompanying person.