Chennai: In a sign of how much the Indian health sector is lagging behind, it has been found that in the US, almost every organ transplant centre has a helipad. Transferring a sick patient to a super-speciality hospital or getting a harvested organ from one part of Seattle to another is often faster via helicopter. Obviously, the same logic applies when you’re trying to do the same in a city like Chennai. But, helicopters and air ambulances are still a luxury here, despite Chennai being hailed as the ‘Mecca of Healthcare’ in the country.
Air ambulances operated by Deccan Aviation, fly almost every single day out of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, but the demand in the South is “very low,” according to S Kumar, Manager of Air Ambulances at the Aviation Company. He said, “Having helipads in city hospitals is something that should have happened a long time ago, but then getting the State and the DGCA to agree on something is very difficult. A lot more has to be done if we are to get critically Ill patients from a sall town to a super-speciality centre within the ‘golden hour’”.
20/12/14 Daniel Thimmayya/New Indian Express
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Air ambulances operated by Deccan Aviation, fly almost every single day out of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, but the demand in the South is “very low,” according to S Kumar, Manager of Air Ambulances at the Aviation Company. He said, “Having helipads in city hospitals is something that should have happened a long time ago, but then getting the State and the DGCA to agree on something is very difficult. A lot more has to be done if we are to get critically Ill patients from a sall town to a super-speciality centre within the ‘golden hour’”.
20/12/14 Daniel Thimmayya/New Indian Express
