Medical Repatriation

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

From the Eternal City

We were tasked with repatriating a young man from Rome for the NHS in Wales.

2022-05-28T23:00:00+00:00

British ExPat develops COPD

A gentleman that has lived the past 12 years in Spain developed COPD and had to have home oxygen.

2022-04-10T23:00:00+00:00

Newly diagnosed Brain Tumour.

After visiting his doctor at home for acute confusion, the family decided on a short holiday to Tenerife.

2022-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Acute Liver Failure

We were entrusted to air ambulance a young woman from Lagos Nigeria to London to have a liver transplant at Kings College Hospital.

2022-01-09T00:00:00+00:00

Covid - 19

Doubley vaccinated holiday maker has bilateral pneumonia and a Covid diagnosis .

2021-12-03T00:00:00+00:00

Fallen from a Horse.

Our patient went horse riding on holiday but was unfortunately thrown off causing her painful injuries.

2021-11-13T00:00:00+00:00

Transfer to a nursing home.

When our lady could no longer live alone her family arranged that we fly her from Ireland to her new life in England.

2021-10-17T23:00:00+00:00

Mountain Biking Crash

When you are into the Olympics and you try to copy your heroes, sometimes things don't go quite to plan.

A mountain biking holiday didn't go as expected.

2021-08-29T23:00:00+00:00

Acute Trauma

Our patient just happened to be competing in the Red Bull Down Hill Cycling International Tournament when disaster struck.

2021-06-30T23:00:00+00:00

Severe COPD

Initially our lady came to visit family in the UK however a bereavement delayed her return to South Africa.

Then Covid struck and the short delay became a year long stay .

As she has severe COPD and on continuous home oxygen she could not simply fly home .

2021-04-24T23:00:00+00:00

Brain Haemorrhage.

Our unfortunate patient was living in Cyprus after retiring several years ago.

A spontaneous brain haemorrhage resulted in surgery and the insertion of a shunt which unfortunately became blocked and infected.

The family took the decision to return to the UK to continue treatment and contacted us for a quote.

2021-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

Covid Pneumonia.

Initially treated for pneumonia, this gentleman was found to have Covid.

2021-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Tragic Head Injury in Tenerife

Today we brought back a gentleman who had spent the last 3 months in hospital in Tenerife.
A tragic fall led to a life changing head injury requiring ventilation and an air ambulance home .

2021-01-27T00:00:00+00:00