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Mumbai to have dedicated air-ambulance service for emergencies
Updated On: 18 February, 2016 08:46 AM IST | | Neha LM Tripathi
There seems to be good news boosting the medical facilities in the country. MAB Aviation initiated the venture with three machines in financial year 2016-17 dedicated to the medical evacuations and organ transfers. The ambulances would be stationed at Nagpur/ Aurangabad, Bhubaneshwar and Mysore/ Belgaum
There seems to be good news boosting the medical facilities in the country. MAB initiated the venture with three machines in financial year 2016-17 dedicated to the medical evacuations and organ transfers. The ambulances would be stationed at Nagpur/ Aurangabad, Bhubaneshwar and Mysore/ Belgaum. It plans to expand the services to ten aircrafts by 2022 and incorporate 15 full-fledged fleets by 2026.
Mumbai will be the headquarters of the operations for the company. The company that will begin with three fixed-wing fleets, will fly 30 patients per week. “There will be an air ambulance present in every 500 kilometer of the country. These services will have a Maintenance, repairs and Operations (MRO) office in Maharashtra.


