Emergency Flight for Mother and Child
Arriving at the Cochabamba airport, for transport to the hospital.
We were in the middle of a flight to the community of Tacora with volunteer medical professionals from Mano a Mano Bolivia for a training course for doctors and nurses when we received an emergency call over the radio. A woman who had given birth 4 days earlier was having complications, and needed to get to a hospital. One of the volunteer doctors on the flight stressed the urgency of the situation to our pilot; one hour later the plane was en route to pick up Lilliana and her baby. They arrived at the maternal ward of the Cochabamaba hospital where they are doing well now, recuperating.
Lilliana with her child, on the Mano a Mano plane.
More photos fo the emergency flight from our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Aviation:
Training in Tacora
The training that was originally scheduled in Tacora still took place. Our pilot flew into the area with volunteer instructors to provide on going training and education to area medical staff.
Tacora and area medical staff and community residents that were present when the plane arrived.