/PRNewswire/ The global ambulance services market size is expected to grow by USD 10.16 billion between 2021 and 2026. The market observed a YOY growth of 4..
The flight was sponsored by All India Mahila Adhikari Party through Cancer Patient Sahayata Sangh. The Star Air flight, chartered by Air Charter Service India
From Mumbai s Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, 27 cancer patients were given a joyride on a chartered aircraft, along with their families to offer them their first-ever airspace experience.
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Volga-Dnepr has delivered over 200 tonnes of vital medical equipment, including oxygen-storing containers to various parts of India.
Volga-Dnepr operated three charter flights from China, Ireland, and Germany. The equipment also included concentrators and cryogenic containers and were delivered onboard AN-124-100 and IL-76TD-90VD aircraft.
Ekaterina Andreeva, commercial director of Volga-Dnepr, said that the company worked with its customers
Chapman Freeborn, Maersk Special Project Logistics and
Air Charter Service India to organise the charter flights in a short time frame.
Yulia Celetaria, global healthcare director at Volga-Dnepr Group, added: “We hope that our efforts and additional medical supplies will help India in meeting the oxygen crisis.”
As COVID-19 infections engulf India, Modi government fails to guarantee free vaccines
The coronavirus catastrophe continues to worsen across India, with the country reporting 3,645 new fatalities yesterday, a new high in the number of COVID-19 deaths in a single day. India also recorded 379,257 new cases, another world record in daily infections, taking its overall total to more than 18 million confirmed cases.
Hospitals and morgues throughout the country, including in megacities like Delhi and Mumbai, are overwhelmed. Despite these deadly conditions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has refused to guarantee free coronavirus vaccines.
People wait to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)