Nagpur airport to get hi-tech medical centre

Nagpur: Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport here will soon have a state-of-the-art medical inspection centre to take care of passengers in case of emergencies.
There have been several cases in the past wherein authorities had to handle passengers suffering from cardiac arrest and other medical complications. In its bid to take on such situations, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has a plan to jointly set up a 24-hour medical care centre with a renowned hospital group in city.
The centre will have the latest medical equipment, such as an automatic external defiblirator (AED), vital in saving persons suffering strokes, ECG machines, life savings drugs, and other equipment.AAI has further plans to set up a child care centre on the airport premises and provide total privacy to mothers. During flight delays or in case of cancellations, the child care centre will provide all necessary facilities to the passengers, Borkar added.
25/09/07 Times of India

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