Medical Repatriation

Spinal fracture.

Our First AIr Ambulance of 2023.

This poor lady , with osteoporosis had a fall whilst on holiday in Tenerife.

2023-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

Un diagnosed Neurological illness

Our patient was a Somalian gentleman who went to visit family in Kenya. He arrived with flu like symptoms but rapidly deteriorated and was admitted to Intensive Care in The Nairobi Hospital.

2022-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Embolic stroke and thrombolectomy.

After suffering a stroke in his hotel in Tbilisi, our patient was taken to hospital and immediately to theatre for a thrombolectomy.

2022-11-09T00:00:00+00:00

Spinal Fracture

After falling at his Spanish home, our patient was taken to his local hospital.

A CT scan revealed a spinal fracture requiring immediate surgery.

2022-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

Casual fall on a cruise ship

Due to some rough weather and our lady’s pre existing Parkinson’s disease , she had not found her sea legs and was not very stable on board the ship.

2022-10-19T16:48:01+00:00

City break turns to medical emergency.

A dad and daughters city break became a medical emergency.

2022-10-12T23:00:00+00:00

Unexplainable head injury

Our poor patient was found unconscious in the street suffering with a head injury.

2022-10-12T23:00:00+00:00

Unprovoked assault.

A young man went on holiday to Tenerife with his fiends but this didn’t end the way they hoped.

2022-10-11T23:00:00+00:00

Stroke visiting family

Our lady finally went to Cyprus to visit family after her holiday was postponed due to Covid.

2022-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

Air Ambulance from Shanghai

It is with immense pride that we have repatriated Patrick from Shanghai in China, after months of negotiations with the Chinese authorities. Covid restrictions were so severe they would not allow foreign aircraft to land.

Then when we were almost ready we coincided with the arrival of Typhoon Minnamnon.

2022-09-09T23:00:00+00:00

Heart Attack on Holiday.

Our gentleman had been waiting since the beginning of Covid to have a family holiday in Tenerife. In the meantime he had been placed on the waiting list for some cardiac investigations.

On holiday he was taken to hospital with chest pain and once there the family contacted their travel insurer for help.

Unfortunately as he hadn't told his travel insurer about being on the waiting list they declined his claim due to him awaiting a procedure.

2022-08-20T23:00:00+00:00

Air Ambulance from Germany

After suffering a stroke on holiday this family contacted Medical Repatriations to arrange a transfer back to the Uk .

2022-08-01T23:00:00+00:00

A social transfer to reunite a family.

We were tasked by a family to escort their mum from Scotland to Bogotá in Colombia. Mum is 92 and has early signs of dementia as well as being almost completely immobile.

2022-07-24T22:00:00+00:00

An Acute Heart Condition.

Our gentleman woke up in the night feeling very unwell. Sweating and with a tachycardia and breathlessness he was rushed to hospital

2022-07-14T23:00:00+00:00

Oesophageal tear leading to emergency surgery.

This young man developed nausea and vomiting whilst on a cruise boat off Hvar in Croatia.
After wrenching for sometime he felt a ‘pop’ in his chest and he passed out . Quick thinking by the boat owner meant they quickly got back to shore where an ambulance was waiting on their arrival.

2022-06-29T23:00:00+00:00

Near death drowning

An 81 year old gentleman decided to have a quick swim before going back to his apartment. Luckily a bystander saw him dive in but when he failed to surface , called for help and jumped in to rescue him.

2022-06-05T23:00:00+00:00