Emergency? Call an air ambulance

Mumbai: TopsGrup, known for it security services, has launched what it calls India's largest air ambulance service: Tops Air Rescue.
"We want to create the equivalent of the 911 services of the United States or the 999 services of the United Kingdom. We started with an emergency service in Mumbai that will reach you in 9 minutes flat. What we did successfully on road, now we want to do with the air ambulance service," TopsGrup chairman and managing director Diwan Rahul Nanda says.The service will connect the country through one network."We can pick up an ailing person from anywhere in India and fly him to any hospital in the country." said chief operating officer Dr Prabhat Jauhari.
There are different aircraft for different situations -- from a Cessna Citation II for distances up to 2000 km to Bell helicopters if your destination is not more than 250 km far.
03/04/06 Krishnakumar/Rediff

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