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MedAire
Provides a Wide Range of Medical
Support to Victims of Tidal Wave Disaster
TEMPE,
Ariz. (Jan. 5, 2005) Health and security assistance provider
MedAire, Inc. continues providing assistance to victims of
the earthquake and resulting tsunamis that hit coastal
regions of Asia
on December 27, 2004.
Assistance
– ranging from medical advice and situational updates to
locating missing persons; repatriation of mortal remains;
and medical evacuations – has been provided by medical
professionals inside the company’s Asia and U.S.-based
global response centers and MedAire’s Global Doctor
medical clinics – in particular Global Doctor Bangkok.
Within
the first 24-hours of the disaster, MedAire deployed a
medical team to Phuket, Thailand. The team
immediately set-out assisting local medical facilities,
facilitating information to and from the region and
working local evacuation logistics. “It is nothing short
of a holocaust,” said Global Doctor physician Dr. Cesar
Vargas while on the ground in Phuket.
Evacuations
coordinated from the U.S.
and MedAire’s
Beijing
evacuation center, transported victims to a wide variety
of destinations from Australia
to the United States
with most transports taking injured people to Bangkok. Medical
personnel at MedAire’s Global Doctor Bangkok clinic
worked around the clock at the clinic and at local hotels
administering to injured who made their way back to the
city on their own. Dr.
Vargas indicated that the greatest concern for many of the
injuries centered around infections rather than the
injuries themselves.
“We
organized all available resources to assist those affected
by this tragedy,” said Joan Sullivan Garrett, MedAire
chairman and CEO. “We
managed everything from complex evacuations and
telemedicine support to simply lending a little peace of
mind. For
example, one touching call came from a young woman who
couldn’t reach her mother in Japan
to let her mother know that she was okay.
We were able to relay the message to a very anxious
mother in her native language.”
As
commercial aircraft began to be utilized to airlift large
groups of injured people out of areas such as Sri Lanka, MedAire was called upon to provide medical supplies for those aircraft. In addition to fulfilling
those requirements, MedAire’s MedLink
Global Response Center
and physicians monitored respective flights to provide
support for any medical complications that might occur
while in flight.
MedAire
continues in its efforts to support the regions by
coordinating the collection, delivery and distribution of
badly needed medical supplies and spearheading company
fund raising.
About
MedAire, Inc.
Established in 1985, MedAire offers fully integrated
health and security solutions including remote emergency
assistance services, evacuations, training and web-based
education programs, specialized resources such as medical
and security kits and a network of western-standard
medical clinics in Asia.
MedAire
provides services to international business travelers and
expatriates, commercial airlines throughout the world,
corporate flight departments, government agencies,
military and maritime operators.
MedAire, listed under MDE on the Australian Stock
Exchange, can be found on the Internet at www.medaire.com.
MedAire Contact:
Steve Holstein, Phone: +1.480.333.3700, Email: sholstein@medaire.com
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