A 67-year-old Indian woman who has a critical heart condition and needed emergency surgery was airlifted from the US to India’s southern Chennai city over a 26-hour flight, making this one of the longest aero-medical evacuations in recent years in India.
She arrived in Chennai early Sunday and is undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital.
According to reports, the flight stopped three times on the way once in Iceland and twice in Turkey before landing in the Chennai. The woman is a resident of Bengaluru city.
In one of the longest aeromedical transfers, an Indian woman in her sixties was shifted to Chennai 23 hours after take-off in an air ambulance from Portland Oregon in the US.
Breathe India Initiative launched in Karnataka
Breathe India Initiative launched in Karnataka
20 May 2021 | News The initiative is run by Covid India Campaign
The Breathe India Initiative run by Covid India Campaign was recently launched in Karnataka. Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka Dr Ashwath Narayan took part in the inauguration where he dedicated machines, patient monitors and other medical equipment and supplies to the society in the presence of ADGP Reserve Police Alok Kumar.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Narayan thanked the organisers for coming together in such a short time and supporting six centres. He said, “We thank Covid India Campaign for supporting the state government of Karnataka in this time of need by launching the Breathe India initiative and the seven community oxygen centres across the state. This initiative has been instrumental in easing the need for oxygen in the hospitals and augmenting the entire healthcare system in the state”