If you live, work or are travelling within East Africa, (Kenya Uganda and Tanzania), Rwanda and Burundi, (anywhere within a maximum of 1000 Km of Nairobi), it is extremely useful to become a member of the Flying Doctor Service.
Medical facilities outside cities are few and far between and many rural hospitals do not have facilities for critical care. In the case of a medical emergency, getting to a well-equipped hospital with expert care in transit, quickly, could mean the difference between life and death.
AMREF Flying Doctors Service operate a 24 hour, 365 days a year operation. Full time medical staff and aircrew are on standby to respond to emergencies. In case of a medical emergency, requiring an evacuation from a remote area, the Flying Doctor service will send in a medical team. An aircraft, which can be converted into an airborne intensive care unit, will evacuate the patient to Nairobi Wilson Airport where they will be transported by an ambulance to a hospital in Nairobi (the Flying Doctors do not cover the cost of hospitalisation). Hospitals in Nairobi.
In addition the service operates one of Africa's largest radio networks. So, if you are in a remote area without any other form of communication it may be possible that you will be near an HF radio station that would be linked to AMREF's base at Wilson Airport in Nairobi.
As a member of the Flying Doctor Society of Africa you are entitled to one free evacuation per year to a medical facility in Nairobi. The evacuation can be undertaken within a 500 to 1000 km radius of Nairobi depending on the type of membership you have taken. view our membership types and rates.
In addition, members will receive a membership card with our emergency numbers, car stickers and 24-hour access to the AMREF Flying Doctor Emergency Centre for medical advice. Apply. If you do not use your membership for an evacuation in any given year your contribution goes to evacuate somebody who urgently needs medical attention but cannot afford it.
