Deccan, Apollo join hands to launch air ambulance

Air ambulance, airlifting patients or doctors in emergency cases, is a concept fast catching up in the country. Medical evacuation by air is not a new concept in the US or the UK.
However, the focus there is on transporting medical experts and surgeons from one hospital to another to attend emergency cases or even routinely scheduled surgeries. This helps the hospitals share the time of visiting specialists.
With the concept coming into vogue here, constructing a hospital structure with a basic plan of a helipad on the terrace in compliance with the air safety norms is turning out to be an essential part of new projects.
Hospitals like Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH), Escort Hospitals in New Delhi, Manipal Hospital in Bangalore and several other top notch hospitals in the country use air ambulance services in cases where the transport by ground ambulance could endanger the life of a patient or in remote areas where there is no ground accessibility.
Recently Apollo Hospitals joined the list of such hospitals. The hospital group has tied-up with Deccan Aviation to launch air ambulance service from Bangalore.
Deccan Aviation is in talks with insurance companies to include air evacuation in medical insurance policies so that air-borne emergency medical service is extended to anyone who may need the service.
23/09/07 Indrani Rajkhowa Banerjee/Economic Times

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