India’s first medical chopper service to start from AIIMS Rishikesh
PrashantNews
A day after inaugurating a new terminal building at the Jollygrant airport in Dehradun, the centre on Thursday announced that India’s first helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) would start from AIIMS Rishikesh for Uttarakhand.
An announcement to this effect was made by Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in New Delhi. “We are starting the country’s first HEMS for Uttarakhand from AIIMS Rishikesh. In case there is an emergency or accident within a radius of 150 km, the victims will be airlifted to AIIMS Rishikesh by helicopter which will be stationed there,” Scindia said.