NZ govt supports medical team in Kadavu by facilitating essential helicopter flights

COVID-19-Kadavu New-Zealand

NZ govt supports medical team in Kadavu by facilitating essential helicopter flights

By Dhanjay Deo

Monday 30/08/2021

[Image: New Zealand High Commission/ Facebook]

The New Zealand Government is supporting the Fijian team deployed in Kadavu by facilitating essential helicopter flights for patient transfer and supply runs.

This morning a first pre-hospital flight, Mercy 1 delivered a cargo load of medical equipment for FEMAT and pre-hospital emergency care teams to reinforce their operations on the ground.

Mercy 1 is also evacuating two COVID-19 patients to Suva for medical care.

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