China's first emergency evacuation helicopter goes into service at a private hospital in Changyuan county, Central China's Henan province, April 20, 2011.
The plane can carry five people and travel up to 700 kilometers in a single flight. It aims to facilitate prompt medical aid for patients who live in remote areas and to invite more experts from other provinces to help with diagnosis.
A manager at the hospital said the helicopter cost over 10 million yuan, and it plans to buy about 10 more in the next five years to form an "air-120 medical aid network" in Henan province.
The inside of the emergency evacuation helicopter now in service at a private hospital in Changyuan county, Central China's Henan province, April 20,2011.
Doctors and nurses pose in front of the emergency evacuation helicopter now in service at a private hospital in Changyuan county, Central China's Henan province, April 20,2011.