An air ambulance carrying a passenger believed infected after a hantavirus hit a cruise ship landed in Amsterdam following an emergency evacuation off the Cape Verde coast. The patient is reported to be in stable condition and was taken to the Netherlands for treatment, days after two other evacuees arrived late Wednesday.
Jet fuel prices for non-scheduled operators have jumped sharply, pushing up the cost of air ambulance services. As the price per litre rises from about INR 96 to around INR 217, fares for critical care and organ transport for transplants have almost doubled. The result: life-saving transfers increasingly become financially out of reach, echoing fallout beyond any single conflict.
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