A vehicle for transport of injured persons, patients and the like, which comprises: a sanitary compartment provided with a treading plane raised with respect to a ground surface, and an upper zone near below a upper wall, opposite the treading plane; a lifting device for loading and unloading a stretcher located between a first extracted position in which the stretcher is resting on the ground and a second housed position in which it is arranged internally of a sanitary compartment, comprising: collecting means destined to pick up the stretcher; movement means (10, 20, 30) of the collecting means, internally associable to the sanitary compartment for moving the stretcher between the first position and the second position; wherein the movement means (10, 20, 30) of the lifting device are associated to the upper zone of the sanitary compartment, arranged superiorly of the collecting means, and being destined to maintain the collected stretcher suspended above the treading plane, characterised in that the movement means are suitable for moving the collecting means between a lowered configuration, in which they are arranged at a lower height with respect to the height defined by the treading plane in order to collect the stretcher, and a raised configuration in which they are arranged at a greater height than the height defined by the treading plane in order to maintain it raised therefrom. a sanitary compartment provided with a treading plane raised with respect to a ground surface, and an upper zone near below a upper wall, opposite the treading plane; a lifting device for loading and unloading a stretcher located between a first extracted position in which the stretcher is resting on the ground and a second housed position in which it is arranged internally of a sanitary compartment, comprising: collecting means destined to pick up the stretcher; movement means (10, 20, 30) of the collecting means, internally associable to the sanitary compartment for moving the stretcher between the first position and the second position; wherein the movement means (10, 20, 30) of the lifting device are associated to the upper zone of the sanitary compartment, arranged superiorly of the collecting means, and being destined to maintain the collected stretcher suspended above the treading plane, characterised in that the movement means are suitable for moving the collecting means between a lowered configuration, in which they are arranged at a lower height with respect to the height defined by the treading plane in order to collect the stretcher, and a raised configuration in which they are arranged at a greater height than the height defined by the treading plane in order to maintain it raised therefrom. collecting means destined to pick up the stretcher; movement means (10, 20, 30) of the collecting means, internally associable to the sanitary compartment for moving the stretcher between the first position and the second position; wherein the movement means (10, 20, 30) of the lifting device are associated to the upper zone of the sanitary compartment, arranged superiorly of the collecting means, and being destined to maintain the collected stretcher suspended above the treading plane, characterised in that the movement means are suitable for moving the collecting means between a lowered configuration, in which they are arranged at a lower height with respect to the height defined by the treading plane in order to collect the stretcher, and a raised configuration in which they are arranged at a greater height than the height defined by the treading plane in order to maintain it raised therefrom.