The National Stadium in Warsaw witnessed bizarre scenes last Wednesday as emergency services were drafted in to help deal with 120 “injured” football fans in preparation for the upcoming Euro 2012 championships.

The staged event, in which the most “seriously injured victims” were treated and rushed to hospital in ambulances, was to help emergency workers prepare for a number of worst case scenarios ahead of the tournament in June.

“The coordination shown was exemplary. These exercises are carried out every three years and we will have the summary next week,” said mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz at a conference afterwards.

But despite the success of the event, there were a few minutes when it was not possible to get through to the emergency 112 number, reports TVN.

“It is not us who are in charge of this number, it is a nationwide issue,” stated Ms Gronkiewicz-Waltz, adding that she hoped the Interior Minister would improve its functioning.

Director of the Municipal Bureau of Security and Crisis Management, Ewa Gawor, claims that the matter is now being looked into.

“The problem will be analysed. We have been assured by the police that during the Euros, there will be additional phone operators employed to deal with calls.”

I’m actually going to be in Poland in June…I did not pick dates because of the Euro 2012 though…We will see how everything is going to turn out in terms of security 🙂

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)