After sustaining burns while on leave fighting a fire in Skikda, Civil Protection Corporal Mehdi was airlifted this evening by a Civil Protection helicopter from the new Abdelrazak Bouhara Hospital in Skikda, where he was receiving treatment, to the Zeralda Burn Center for further medical care.
The Director General of Civil Protection, Colonel Boualem Boughlaf, along with senior officials from the central Civil Protection unit and the Director of Civil Protection for Skikda Province, visited the injured corporal at the Zeralda Burn Center. They inquired about his health and wished him a speedy recovery and a swift return to his colleagues.