Medicair Papua New Guinea

Medicair is the air ambulance division of Tropicair Limited, a charter operator based at Jacksons Airport in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It flies patients within Papua New Guinea and to destinations across the Asia Pacific region.

Services

Medicair offers bed to bed patient transfers with hospital level care in the air. Its site lists these services:

• Air ambulance service
• Non emergency medical transport
• Aeromedical retrieval and repatriation
• International and domestic stretcher transport
• Hyperbaric chamber treatment

Its flight coordinators, doctors and nurses plan the transfer. The company says it also handles paperwork such as visas, immigration rules and the transfer of medical records. It works with Pacific International Hospital.

Aircraft

The fleet page lists one Cessna Citation CJ3 and three King Air B200 aircraft. The B200 can be set up for two stretchers. For short airstrips, Medicair says its Twin Otters and Cessna Caravans can also carry patients. It says it has access to helicopters for short trips, but it does not list its own.

Facts

• Type: air ambulance operator, a division of Tropicair
• Base: Jacksons Airport, Port Moresby
• Tropicair has operated since 1998, says the site
• The base has a hyperbaric chamber, which the site says is the only working one in Papua New Guinea
• Aircraft: fixed wing

Who it is for

The service is for patients and families who need a planned transfer or a quick response to an emerging situation. Medicair says it can help people who walk and people who need a stretcher, including moving them between hospital and aircraft.