Medical Repatriation An Overview

By Author: Vikas Saini
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Traveling overseas has become very common these days as airlines connect every nook and cranny of the world. Be it a vacation or a business trip or a personal trip, people do not hesitate to travel to a foreign country.
When traveling to another country people make travel plans, sight see plans and more but few are aware as to how they should act in case an emergency arises. An emergency could be in the form of decline in health conditions or meeting with accident or any other health related issues.

If one is traveling to a well developed country or to a developing country one can be sure that there will be good medical facility available. But one should consider the cost and expense that would be incurred on availing the medical facility. When it comes to an under developed country or a remote region where facilities are unavailable, then it becomes difficult to manage the situation as well as the expense. The part that is unknown to many is that people do not try to check if their medical insurance can cover them where they have traveled to. Caught in an emergency people tend to be confounded and wish that they ...
... could get good treatment back in their homeland.

Nowadays it has become possible to fly back to the country where one can get proper treatment and also be covered under insurance through medical repatriation service. The service involves availing a flight service through an air ambulance and flying the patient to where they come from.

An air ambulance is a specially equipped air craft that is equipped with medical facilities, medical experts and other infrastructure. These vehicles can be availed from air ambulance services to carry the patient from the country of incidence to where it is required.
If the person has to be treated in the foreign country, then the person has to pay lots of money. If the hospital to which the person has been admitted wills, it can perform the treatment as a charity or at reduced costs. If not the patient can avail immediate and emergency care that is essentially like first aid and fly back to their homeland.

The process could be costly but would be the best option in the long run. An insurance provider would agree to cover the costs for it than letting the patient die. If the patient dies it would be more expensive to the insurance provider.

The process of repatriation would require booking a separate flight as the person cannot travel by regular flight. If assistance is required medical crew would be available on board to provide any help on the way. Along with these there will be monitoring systems, medical equipments, medicines and more.

Usually the services are provided by air ambulances and they tend to be available on booking. One can avail the services from their homeland to be taken back or from the country they have traveled to. Either way the service can help save a life.

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