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Collected on 8 September 2026
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Emergency air ambulance and rescue services
The Western Cape Government, through its partnership with SA Red Cross Air Mercy Service (AMS), provides emergency air ambulance services for patients in rural and remote areas who need urgent, highly specialised medical care. This includes airlifting injured road users after crashes and conducting rescue operations on land and sea, including mountain and sea rescues for hikers and sea goers in hard-to-reach locations.
The document's recorded date is 19 November 2024. Confirm on the official source.
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Reference
https://www.westerncape.gov.za/article/emergency-services-take-skies-advance-accessible-healthcare
This partnership ensures that the provincial government can provide residents with essential air ambulance services for patients in rural and outlying areas needing urgent highly specialised medical care at tertiary hospitals, airlift for injured road users following road traffic crashes, and rescue operations on both land and sea.
