Apollo Hospitals has announced a structured patient transfer initiative aimed at improving access to advanced critical care through coordinated air medical transportation across India and international regions.
Over the past few months, Apollo Hospitals has entered into MoUs with multiple national and international air ambulance service providers to streamline and strengthen patient transfers for those requiring urgent medical attention.
Coordinated through Apollo’s 1066 Emergency Response Network, the initiative brings together these service providers to enable faster, more organised transfers.
By formalising these partnerships, Apollo Hospitals seeks to address longstanding gaps in emergency medical transport, where transfers from remote locations are often fragmented, costly, and reliant on informal intermediaries, while making these services more accessible to patients and families who may need them.
In the first phase, Apollo Hospitals has tied up with multiple air ambulance service providers for domestic and international transfers, including Bluedot Charters and Air Ambulance Services, UAE, AeroMed International Rescue Services, Jhankar Aviation, iCATT Health Solutions, Air Rescuers World Wide, Vedant Air Rescue, AeroCare Air Ambulance Service, Ayusewa Air & Train Ambulance, Air Medical 24X7 and Flaps Aviation.
These partnerships are intended to widen the availability of coordinated air ambulance support for time-sensitive, high-acuity cases that require rapid transfer to advanced tertiary and quaternary care centres.
The initiative integrates Apollo’s existing emergency response infrastructure with the nationally available 1066 network, combining Apollo’s emergency coordination capabilities, on-ground ambulance support, airport-to-hospital connectivity, and partner-operated air transfers. This will enable complete bed-to-bed movement support, improve response efficiency, and help patients to seamlessly access advanced care from remote regions, Tier II and Tier III cities, and international locations.
