Abu Dhabi Air Wing conducts 6 missions in April

The Air Wing Department at the Abu Dhabi Police conducted six air ambulance missions during April in line with its ongoing humanitarian efforts to save lives.

The missions included two assignments to transfer patients from Ghayathi Hospital. The first involved relocating a child aged 3, who was suffering from second degree burns, to Al Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi. The second mission involved the transfer of a 67 year-old patient suffering from an acute illness to Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi.

A third situation involved the transfer of a 56 year-old Emirati woman from Al Sila Hospital to Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi due to losing consciousness and experiencing tremors, in the fourth, a 75 year-old Emirati was air-lifted from Delma Hospital to Sheikh Khalifa Medical City with chest pain and heart failure, a fifth mission was to transfer a 38 year-old Emirati woman suffering severe fatigue and a drop in blood pressure from Al Hail Island, near Mubarraz Island, to Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, while the sixth mission involved a 23 year-old Emirati woman who was transported to Tawam Hospital in Al Ain as a result of wounds received in a traffic accident.

Throughout each mission, the air ambulance crew of the Air Wing Department administered medical care to the patients onsite and during their transfer to the hospitals.

Brigadier Pilot Ali Mohammed Al Mazroui, Director of the Air Wing Department at the Abu Dhabi Police, said, "These missions have contributed to providing humanitarian care and to saving lives. Such efforts have been made possible through the generous support from the police leadership. They have played a significant role in promoting the work of the department through their directives and support for the Abu Dhabi Police Air Wing."

He added, "The Air Wing is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and is capable of implementing a variety of missions. The Air Wing is entrusted with tasks that require medical services, aerial patrols, search and rescue operations for missing persons, and transferring persons who are sick or injured to hospitals."