Mercy Airlift

While providing transportation services of supplies and materials to disaster victims worldwide, Mercy Airlift knew that more could be done to address the lack of medical attention in developing countries. We therefore set out to establish Medical Response teams, which care for the physical needs of the injured and provide adequate medical services and treatment to those in developing countries.

Over the years, Mercy Airlift Medical Response Teams have attended to thousands of victims of disasters, as well as those who have suffered from illness or physical problems. Some of these problems include cholera, diphtheria, birth defects, malnutrition, and heart, eyes, and intestinal infirmities, many of which are life-threatening illnesses. The near majority of these cases are caused by the lack of adequate healthcare systems and personal hygiene education.

It is common in the smaller towns and villages of underdeveloped countries not to find any medical personnel available to them on a frequent basis. Residents must travel from one village to the next in order to locate medical assistance, yet often it is too late. Even the medical personnel who travel to these remote areas do not always have the proper equipment or medicines. They also do not have the ability to transport their patients to a treatment center, which can address the illness or injuries. This is where Mercy Airlift has been able to provide Mobile Medical Centers. On a scheduled basis, we have our medical teams staffing and stocking these centers with adequate supplies and medicines to ensure that proper treatment is made available.

Mercy Airlift transports patients, on an ongoing basis, from remote areas of particular countries to medical facilities where the patient can receive immediate and proper care. We also transport patients from country to country in order to have proper medical services and procedures performed in life threatening circumstances.

These services are provided by our own medical personnel as well as the many volunteer medical personnel, who give of their time and talents in the effort to ease the pain and suffering of less fortunate people in all parts of the world.