Aster Hospitals Bangalore to save the lives of 62 Yemeni patients
All Patients & their family members were tested COVID-19 negative before boarding the flight and after landing in Bangalore
In a one of its kind initiative in the country, 62 critically ill Yemeni patients who had been combating several illnesses for close to 9 months and required urgent transplants, treatment and care have been given a new lease of life through the efforts of Aster Hospitals Bangalore and the Government of India (GOI).
Close to 120 passengers, including the patients and their family members, have been provided emergency evacuation from Yemen to India. Many of these patients were suffering from chronic illnesses and were undergoing treatment at the hospital. However, owing to the pandemic and the ensuing travel curbs, these patients had to postpone their treatment.
Aster Hospitals Bangalore helps save the lives of 62 Yemeni patients
BANGALORE, December 24, 2020 Some 62 critically ill Yemeni patients who had been combating several illnesses for close to 9 months and required urgent transplants, treatment and care have been given a new lease of life through the efforts of Aster Hospitals Bangalore and the Government of India (GOI). Close to 120 passengers, including the patients and their family members, have been provided emergency evacuation from Yemen to India. Many of these patients were suffering from chronic illnesses and were undergoing treatment at the hospital. However, owing to the pandemic and the ensuing travel curbs, these patients had to postpone their treatment. Due to the delay in follow-up care and treatment after several months into the pandemic the health of such patients had now started deteriorating which indicated an exigent need for medical assistance.
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Aster Hospitals Bangalore conducts the country’s first emergency evacuation for critically ill patients during the pandemic from Yemen
In a one of its kind initiative in the country, 62 critically ill Yemeni patients who had been combating several illnesses for close to 9 months and required urgent transplants, treatment and care have been given a new lease of life through the efforts of Aster Hospitals Bangalore and the Government of India (GOI). Close to 120 passengers, including the patients and their family members, have been provided emergency evacuation from Yemen to India. Many of these patients were suffering from chronic illnesses and were undergoing treatment at the hospital. However, owing to the pandemic and the ensuing travel curbs, these patients had to postpone their treatment. Due to the delay in follow-up care and treatment after several months into the pandemic the health of such patients had now started deteriorating which indicated an exigent need
Bengaluru Hospital Provide Medical Care to 62 Critically Ill Yemeni Patients, Evacuate 120 Passengers
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A private hospital here is providing medical care for 62 critically ill Yemeni patients, who had been combating several illnesses for about 9 months and required urgent transplants among other things, after conducting an emergency evacuation with the support of the Centre. Close to 120 passengers, including the patients and their family members, have been provided emergency evacuation from Yemen to India.
Many of these patients were suffering from chronic illnesses and were undergoing treatment at the hospital, Aster hospital said in a release on Wednesday. Owing to the pandemic and the ensuing travel curbs, these patients had to postpone their treatment, it said.
updated: Dec 23 2020, 17:28 ist
A private hospital here is providing medical care for 62 critically ill Yemeni patients, who had been combating several illnesses for about 9 months and required urgent transplants among other things, after conducting an emergency evacuation with the support of the Centre.
Close to 120 passengers, including the patients and their family members, have been provided emergency evacuation from Yemen to India. Many of these patients were suffering from chronic illnesses and were undergoing treatment at the hospital, Aster hospital said in a release on Wednesday. Owing to the pandemic and the ensuing travel curbs, these patients had to postpone their treatment, it said.