Fifty doctors and 50 nurses underwent HEMS training, Beroš said, adding that the air bases will be located in Osijek and Zagreb as well as on the islands of Krk and Brač, and they will be connected to hospitals in Osijek, Zagreb, Rijeka and Dubrovnik.
A heliport is being built in Slavonski Brod for this purpose and heliports will also be built in Pula and Zadar, the minister said.
The establishment of the HEMS cost €62.5 million, of which €10 million is an EU grant, he added.