Timely medical evacuation has shown to have a significant impact on the healthcare outcomes of patients as it enables patients to timely access the medical care needed. The moment it becomes evident the level of care required is not available within the patient’s current location, the decision to evacuate should be made immediately.

The cost of an air ambulance varies depending on multiple factors which include: the type of aircraft, distance, medical condition of the patient, ground handling fees, and landing and overflight permits, just to mention a few.

No, we are only based in Nigeria but operate within and outside the region of Africa.

Our emergency/operation call centre operates 24/7 including all public/bank holidays.

Yes, we do. We fly to nearly every destination across the globe.

We have access to a fleet of aircraft we utilize in transferring patients across the globe. The most frequent ones we use include Phenom 300, Learjet 35/45, Challenger 604/5, Legacy 600, etc.

We activate immediately all requirements have been met and the mission is confirmed. The timeline for patient pick up however varies depending on the location of the patient and the regulatory requirements for the flight path, pick-up, and drop-off airports.

1. Up-to-date medical report
2. Filled copy of our flight recording sheet.
3. Passport/visas of the patient and any accompanying person(s) for international transfers
4. Acceptance letter from the receiving hospital and contact details of the receiving doctor.
5. Proof of payment for the full amount invoiced.

Yes, we accommodate between 1-2 family members/loved ones depending on the aircraft type. For highly contagious diseases, we advise that no accompanying person.

Our Air Ambulances are fully equipped with a collection of state-of-the-art medical equipment to support both critical and noncritical patients to any destination of interest. Some of our medical equipment include; mechanical ventilators, multi-parameter monitors, syringe pumps, suction pumps, defibrillator, oxygen, and emergency bags containing airway adjuncts and consumables.

At the minimum, we assign a combination of two registered and skilled medical personnel(s) (Dr and Nurse) to administer care to patients inflight our air ambulances. For critically ill patients requiring specialist management, we have a pool of experienced flight physicians with varying specialties ranging from intensivists to anaesthetists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, and paediatricians just to mention a few.

Our air ambulances are fully equipped with ICU medical equipment that can safely support critical and ventilated patients to any destination of choice.

Certainly yes. Coupled with the state-of-the-art medical equipment and highly skilled medical personnel we always have on board our air ambulances, the configuration of our aircraft is designed to enable seamless and continuous access to patients to initiate advanced life support interventions when required.

A bedside-to-bedside care is an industry term that implies transferring a patient from the referring facility (where treatment is currently being administered treatment) to a receiving facility (where patient is seeking to get further medical care). At Flying Doctors Nigeria, we provide this level of service for transfers both within and outside the region of Africa.