Karnataka launches India’s first integrated air ambulance service
- Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa inaugurated India’s first state-of-the-art integrated air ambulance service, exclusively to transport critical Covid-19 patients, on 8 September 2020.
- The Air ambulance firm International Critical Air Transfer Team (ICATT) will run the services in collaboration with aviation technology firm Kyathi from the HAL airport in Bengaluru.
- This will also be the first air ambulance based in South India, to provide services for medical emergencies.
- The ambulance is fitted with German Isolation Pod to fly the patient and includes a jet, a small plane and a helicopter in its fleet.
Source: The Times of India