Improved & better medicare on flights soon

New Delhi: The civil Aviation ministry is going to ask all domestic carriers to bring in all necessary equipment to give passengers international medical facilities on board soon.
According to sources in civil aviation ministry:”Though most medical emergencies in the air happen unexpectedly it should be possible to avoid many by careful screening of passengers with pre-existing medical conditions. Unfortunately these often come to attention only when a passenger requests some extra facility (a stretcher or medical escort) or makes a medical declaration for holiday insurance.Now we will ask all the carriers to develop and install all the modern medical facilities on board.”
In fact with nearly no medical facilities on board in all our domestic carrier many airlines are forced either to divert or do an emergency landing if some passengers need fast medical facility.According to industry estimates with the growth of passenger travel there has been more and more cases reported of such urgent medical facilities.
Says a senior official of Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA):” ...The challenge to professional emergency medical facility has been felt both by the ministry and all the domestic carriers. Now we have to look at other international airlines as to what equipment and facilities they are using and what is relevant here.”
12/07/08 Raja Awasthi/Times of India

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