October 2021 - Assistance and Repatriation Cover

The key to successful remote evacuations: increasingly remote travel destinations result in some complicated rescue missions
Repatriation after Covid: how the funeral repatriation sector has had to adapt
Masters of Innovation: assistance providers have adapted new technologies
Interview: Jayson Glover, Global Provider Network Manager at Healix International
and case studies from around the world...

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In this issue

Case Study: AP Companies on the importance of thorough patient testing for diagnosis

AP Companies reports on a case that demonstrates the importance of thorough patient testing and evaluation

Case Study: CONNEX Assistance Middle East on operating on unfamiliar ground

Lara Helmi of CONNEX Assistance Middle East shares a case that saw the company challenged to operate in a new country

Case Study: Global Guardian evacuate a client from India to the US during a global lockdown

Global Guardian describes the execution of a 24-hour, seven-stop emergency evacuation of a Covid-19-positive client from India back to the US for treatment, all while navigating an international travel lockdown

Case Study: AMREF Flying Doctors on a straightforward case which suddenly becomes complex

Jane Munyua describes the seemingly straightforward case of a medevac from Uganda to Kenya that quickly become challenging, lengthy and expensive

Case Study: Logimedex on navigating Mexico’s public hospitals during the pandemic

Dr Griselda Werner from Logimedex reports on the decisions, risks and challenges of a case involving a combination of suspected Covid-19 and high-risk comorbidity at a public hospital in Playa…

Interview: Jayson Glover, Global Provider Network Manager, Healix International

ITIJ spoke to Jayson Glover, Global Provider Network Manager for Healix International, about what he’s learned during his time in the medical assistance sector, and his plans for moving the…

The qualities assistance providers require from a medical transport partner

Assistance providers AP Companies and Generali talk about what they look for when choosing medical transport partners

Travel preparation and assistance for VIPs

Travel assistance and medical repatriations need to be smooth as silk for the VIP set, so how can seamless service be achieved? Rodger Cook from World Travel Protection shares his…