Stroke patient medically evacuated from UAE to Kochi, first from UAE to India
KOCHI: A 29-year-old stroke patient who was admitted to a Dubai hospital was shifted to Kochi for medical treatment on Tuesday, becoming the first patient to be transferred from UAE after the international air services were closed following the COVID lockdown in March-end.
Dileep Sabareesh, a native of Pathanamthitta, will be the first air medical transfer since the start of the pandemic from West Asia, and it came after the support of both Indian and UAE governments, a release said here.
