"Ayiti Air Anbilans" an American NGO that offered the first and only emergency medical helicopter service in Haiti for 5 years, will cease offering this service from August 15, 2019 due to insecurity in Haiti.

Recall "Ayiti Air Anbilans" is the result of an agreement announced in January 2014 with "Air Methods Corporation" (AMC), the world leader in medical air transport https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10226-haiti-health-air-ambulance-service-in-haiti.html accoring this hospital services agreement, AMC will provide two Bell 407 helicopters (primary and back-up) and will employ three pilots and two mechanics.

Since the beginning of its operations "Ayiti Air Anbilans" thanks to the agreements with private companies has been able to offer the Haitian population and foreign visitors a world-class medicalized helicopter transport service from anywhere in Haiti to the best emergency care available in Port-au-Prince and other cities in the Dominican Republic, or to the United States via a jet service.

However, the socio-political instability and growing insecurity in Haiti in recent months no longer allows the NGO to provide sufficient security guarantees to its helicopter suppliers, who decided at the risk, not to renew their contract with "Ayiti Air Anbilans".

Nada Marjanovich, the Executive Director of "Ayiti Air Anbilans" evokes in front of this situation "the opportunity for Ayiti Air Anbilans to get its own helicopters and flight certifications and the opportunity for Haiti to develop the necessary infrastructure to support this service [...]" adding "[...] Our recent conversations with government and the private sector are moving in the direction of restoring our services as quickly as possible [...]"

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-21881-icihaiti-health-a-first-in-haiti.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14640-icihaiti-health-important-agreement-between-ofatma-and-ayiti-air-anbilans.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11868-haiti-health-ayiti-air-anbilans-a-turning-point-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11196-haiti-health-sophia-martelly-visited-ayiti-air-anbilans-and-bernard-mevs-hospital.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10226-haiti-health-air-ambulance-service-in-haiti.html

TB/ HaitiLibre