Archived News 2010

Mediaviation, private air ambulance, is pleased to announce that Neil Holmes had been brought back from Cyprus to the UK.

We are very pleased to say that Neil is now in the UK, back from Cyprus.

3rd December 2010

Mediaviation Limited, Private Air Ambulance & Medical Flight service provider, is fundraising to bring Neil Holmes back home from Cyprus to the UK!

On the 27th September 2010 Neil had a very serious accident while travelling on his quad bike. This resulted in traumatic head injuries. Nobody but Neil knows what happened that night.

As a result of the accident the doctors had to put Neil into an induced coma and remove quite a large section of his skull to relieve the pressure on his brain. 5 weeks on, Neil has been moved out of intensive care now and onto a general ward. He is in hospital in Cyprus at the moment where he is not going to get the care he needs.

Him and his partner bought a house in Cyprus about nine years ago spends time both in Cyprus and England. Neil is a father of 3 children. About five years ago he had brain hemorrhage.

Neil, his family and friends will appreciate all donations, however big or small, every penny counts and get Neil safely back to receive the treatment he needs.

4th November 2010

Mediaviation, private air ambulance, is pleased to announce that Russell Dawes had been brought back from Cyprus to the UK by air ambulance medical flight. The air ambulance medical flight from Cyprus took place on Sunday 17th October 2010 and the medical repatriation went well and smoothly.

We are very pleased to say that Russell is now in the UK.

18th October 2010

ITV Granada Regional News Report

The appeal to bring Russell back from Cyprus on Air Ambulance medical flight is now also on ITV Granada Regional News.

ITV journalist Tim Scott reports:

The family of a man from Lytham who was left brain-damaged in Cyprus have started a fundraising campaign to pay for him to return to The UK.Russell Dawes fell thirty feet from a roof and is now being cared for by his wife after being discharged from a hospital on the island.

To see the footage, please click HERE.

11th October 2010

Father stranded in Cyprus

Let's bring Russell back from Cyprus!

Mediaviation Limited, Private Air Ambulance & Medical Flight service provider, is trying to get Russell back home.

Russell Dawes, 47 years of age, emigrated to Cyprus with his wife and 3 children in 2008.

Russell worked as an air conditiong engineer and on the 18th August he was doing a small job for a friend fixing a unit when he fell from a roof approximately 30 feet high.

The injuries he suffered were horrific and he spent nearly 4 weeks on a life support machine in intensive care. Unfortunately, one of the injuries was 3 brain hemhorrages and Russell has been left with severe brain trauma.

The hospital that Russell is now in do not have  a neurological ward or neurosurgeon and he is just in a general ward where he
is receiving no treatment for his condition. His wife and his children have to cover 24 hour bedside care for Russell.

He desperately needs to get to the UK where he can receive the treatment he requires to make a recovery.

Please help us get him back home. Donate HERE!

We really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations.

1st October 2010

Baby Needs to Come Home

Croydon toddler's hopes rest on lifesaving flight

A toddler trapped in Thailand is facing death unless her family can raise thousands to fly her to the UK.

Brave Amy Lobbin has spent the past two months of her short life in intensive care after suffering a string of serious illnesses, including water on the brain, tuberculosis and meningitis.

Doctors had to surgically insert tubes into the 15-month-old’s skull to drain water from her brain to her abdomen - a process which causes her severe pain with each drip.

Her condition has already cost her father David thousands of pounds in medical bills, but her Thai doctors say they cannot give her the care she needs to survive.

Mr Lobbin gave up a career in the pharmaceutical industry to become a teacher in Thailand, where he met his wife and became father to Amy.

But the 41-year-old now desperately needs to raise the £28,000 needed to get Amy a lifesaving medical flight back to his Croydon home and a place at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

He said: “It’s like something out of your worst nightmare.

“When you pick her up she’s limp and she’s in pain all the time because of the drips going into her abdomen.

“The doctors still don’t know what’s wrong with her - it’s hard to check her veins because she’s so small.

“They needed 30 attempts to get a needle in her vein, and everybody in the room had tears in their eyes.

“Luckily for us she’s a real trooper. She doesn’t cry, even though she should be wailing the place down.”

The equipment keeping Amy’s brain from swelling uncontrollably is so sensitive a sudden movement could stop it working, as can magnetic fields like those found in mobile phones and aircraft.

A special flight has been offered by private air ambulance Mediaviation, but the family is relying on charity to cover the £28,000 costs.

Mr Lobbin said: “We’re really lucky the British Embassy got involved. They contacted one of Great Ormond Street’s top paediatricians and he said she needs to get there immediately.

“The doctor here says he can’t do anything else for her, but the medical bills so far have killed us financially - if the trip was up to us we would be in real trouble.”

Read the article HERE.

23rd September 2010

Tom Moss is back in the UK!

Mediaviation, Private Air Ambulance, is very pleased to say that Tom Moss has arrived safely back from Thailand. Thanks to the fundraising campaign, the target has been reached and our air ambulance operations team were able to organise the medical repatriation from Bangkok to London, UK. The medical repatriation took place over the weekend with our medical team setting out on Friday 10th September and bringing the Patient and his mum Gina back on 12th September. Now Tom Moss is in one of the London's hospitals.

Mediaviation, private air ambulance, together with the Family of Tom, would like to thank to all those wonderful people who were so eager and ready to help to bring Tom back from Bangkok (Thailand) to London (UK). Without you all this would not have been possible. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Monday 13th September 2010

We hit the target!!!

Mediaviation, Private Aero-medical Flight Company, would like to thank to all the kind people who donated the money towards bringing Tom Moss back from Thailand. We have reached the target and now we are working on logistics on the medical repatriation from Bangkok to the UK.

Let's bring Tom back from Thailand to the UK!

Mediaviation Limited, Private Air Ambulance & Medical Flight service provider, with the support of Headway - the Brain Injury Associations, is trying to get Thomas Moss back home.

Tom, 27 years old, is stranded in Thailand after a moped accident in which 2 cars and a lorry crashed into him.

He is left paralysed from neck down with broken jaw, cheek bones and nose. He had head and brain injury and lost 95% of his sight. He also had water on his brain.

Now, Mediaviation Ltd, together with the family is trying to bring him back!

We really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations.

Tom (above) before the accident and now in the hospital.

Mediaviation, Private Air Ambulance, was informed by the family that Tom went out to Thailand around 6 months ago. He did have travel insurance then when he first set off.
He stayed there longer to do some travelling and then his insurance expired.
So, at the time the accident happened, unfortunately he did not have travel insurance.

1st September 2010

Young Tooting man paralysed and stranded in Thailand

A salesman from Tooting is stranded in a Thai hospital after he was paralysed in a crash and did not have insurance.

Tom Moss, 27, was left blind and unable to move from the neck down after his moped was hit by two cars and a lorry in Thailand.

Now his family are trying to raise £35,000 to fly him home - but have so far only found a fraction of the money needed.

His sister, Jamie Harvey, 32, said: “He was out there travelling and living his dream. We didn’t hear much from him apart from the odd Facebook message.

“Then, two weeks ago, we got an email asking us to call the hospital because he was in a motorbike accident.

“It’s been a really emotional time.”

Mr Moss, who lived in Franciscan Road and worked in telesales, went to south east Asia six months ago to travel - working occasionally to support himself.

The crash happened during a night out in Chiang Mai, a province in northern Thailand popular with backpackers.

Since then he has been confined to a hospital bed with brain injuries, sight loss and a broken jaw, cheek bones and nose.

His worried mum, Gina Allaway, 53, rushed out to his bedside but his three sisters and one brother cannot afford to make the journey.

Ms Harvey added: “He’s getting very agitated at the moment. He doesn’t understand why this is happening to him.

“We need him home now. He’s our brother and we love him. If we can’t get him home, he’ll be stuck there - and that is just heartbreaking.

“He needs us all around him - that will be the best help.”

Mr Moss, an keen footballer and Chelsea supporter, grew up in Tooting and attended Wandle and Graveney schools.

A fundraising event at the Wheatsheaf pub on Upper Tooting Road on Saturday made £3,000 for his cause, but much more is needed.

His family are working with the crisis organisation, Mediaviation, to find money to fly him home.

2nd September 2010

Mediaviation is now able to confirm that Carrie Anne Dudbridge is now back from Corfu in the UK.
She had been transported by air ambulance from Greece to the UK and the medical flight took place on Saturday 22nd August. Carrie Anne is currently in one of London's Hospitals.
The full statement from Mediaviation will be available at a later date.
The family asked not to be disturbed in the next few days.

At this point, Mediaviation Ltd, private air ambulance, would like to thank all people who helped with the fundraising to bring Carrie back home by private air ambulance.

22nd August 2010

Please Help Us Bring Carrie Anne Back Home

Mediaviation Limited, Private Air Ambulance & Medical Flight service provider, is trying to get Carrie Anne Dudbridge back home from Corfu (Greece) to London.

Newly wed Carrie and Michael Dudbridge in their 20's got married on 31st July and were on their honeymoon in Corfu. Carrie had a tragic accident, fell off their 20 foot balcony and fractured her spine in three places. They had an E111 form which they thought would cover them in the EU in the event of an accident, and now found out that this does not cover the cost of air ambulance repatriation. Carrie has to be lying flat with stabilisers and needs an operation in the UK. Now, she is in the hospital in Corfu and we are trying to raise money to help here get back home by air ambulance.
Let's get her back from Greece to London in the UK!
We really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations.

Let's get her back from Greece to the UK!

Together with Carrie's friends and family, we are trying to engage local media in order to increase publicity. Local Newspaper, News Shopper / Newsquest, has already published an article on this and we are hoping to get more and more people involved.

Carrie Anne Freeland and Michael Dudbridge’s Corfu honeymoon ended in tragedy after Carrie fell 30 feet from the newly married couple’s first floor room on Saturday night, fracturing her spine in three places.

They were due to fly home on Monday.

Their last minute deal was paid for by money given by guests at their wedding on July 31, however they did not take out travel insurance.

Repatriation costs could now reach as much as £16,000 as Carrie, of Swiftsden Way, Downham, needs to be flown back lying down in a plane with stabilisers.

A fundraising website has been set up with the help of air ambulance repatriation company Mediaviation.

Carrie, a secretary at Foster Park Primary School in Lewisham, is currently flat on her back awaiting treatment in hospital, where she is unable to eat and can only move her hands and feet.

Doctors are doing further tests to decide whether she needs to be flown to the Greek mainland for an operation.

Michael, of Burnt Ash Lane, Lee, has been sat by his wife’s bedside since the accident but is struggling to communicate with Greek medics because of language difficulties.

The couple of 10 years, who planned to move in together after their honeymoon, flew to Greece believing their E111 form would cover them in the event of an accident.

Speaking yesterday to News Shopper from his wife’s bedside about the night of the accident, Michael said: “We went out to have something to eat and came back to the hotel room.

“I was lying on the bed and my wife went outside to get some fresh air.

“Next thing I heard was a big thud, I looked out and she was not there.

"She was on the grass so I ran down, she tried to get up but I told her not to move.”

Michael, whose 46-year-old father died in June from pneumonia, added: “I’ve been sitting here since Saturday waiting to find out what’s going on.

“She can’t sit up, she can move her hands and feet but she has to stay completely flat.

“She can’t really talk because of the impact of the accident and she can’t eat, they have to feed her water.”

The builder added: “I’m pretty scared on my own, I feel lost, I don’t know what to do.

“I’ve not left her side. I’ve nowhere to go, all my luggage is under the hospital bed.

"We’ve nothing, all I have is €50.”

The article was written by David Mills and the full version can be accessed here.

20th August 2010

New Aero-medical Training Course Date Arranged

Mediaviation Limited, private air ambulance company, who operates medical flight transfers, offers private land ambulance services, event medical cover and medical escort, also runs a wide range of medical training courses.

Now, we have established a new date for the next aero-medical training course. The 2 day basic aero-medical course will run on 18th and 19th September 2010. The availability is limited, so please do get in touch with us soon. For more information on the courses please see our Training Services section or email Joanna on j.sukiennik@mediaviation.com.

June 2010

Aero-medical Training Courses

Apart from providing private air ambulance service to operate medical flights, private land ambulance service, medical events cover and medical escort, Mediaviation, Private Air Ambulance Company, also runs a wide range of medical training courses.

Now, we offer fantastic discount of 10% per person for organised groups of 7-10 people who wish to sign up for the aero-medical transport course (this course is for medical professionals who may be involved in long distance or high dependency medical flights by e.g. air ambulance). The group can choose the date for their course. The date, however, has to be agreed with Mediaviation's tutors and accepted by them. More details on the Training Services section on our website.

To obtain more details call us now on +44 (0) 845 094 8408 or email us: enquiries@mediaviation.com.

May 2010

New Aero-medical Training Course Date Arranged

Mediaviation Limited, private air ambulance company, who operates medical flight transfers, offers private land ambulance services, event medical cover and medical escort, also runs a wide range of medical training courses.

Now, we have established a new date for the next aero-medical training course. The 2 day basic aero-medical course will run on 18th and 19th September 2010. The availability is limited, so please do get in touch with us soon. For more information on the courses please see our Training Services section or email Joanna on j.sukiennik@mediaviation.com.

June 2010

Aero-medical Training Courses

Apart from providing private air ambulance service to operate medical flights, private land ambulance service, medical events cover and medical escort, Mediaviation, Private Air Ambulance Company, also runs a wide range of medical training courses.

Now, we offer fantastic discount of 10% per person for organised groups of 7-10 people who wish to sign up for the aero-medical transport course (this course is for medical professionals who may be involved in long distance or high dependency medical flights by e.g. air ambulance). The group can choose the date for their course. The date, however, has to be agreed with Mediaviation's tutors and accepted by them. More details on the Training Services section on our website.

To obtain more details call us now on +44 (0) 845 094 8408 or email us: enquiries@mediaviation.com.

May 2010