Re-opening Miyanmin Airstrip In order to serve the people of PNG safely, we regularly review the condition of the airstrips that we fly to. Most of the airstrips that we use have been built by the local communities by hand, in most cases using only shovels and wheelbarrows. Sometimes not even wheelbarrows. The village of […]
Jasmine Puk is working as a Flight Programmer at MAF Customer and Operations Centre at Mt Hagen. On a day to day basis, she’s dealing with all types of booking requests both internally and externally, attending to customers queries, receiving medevac requests, and then helps to coordinate to evacuate patients. Recently, she had the opportunity […]
Strategic Partnerships to Provide Better Health Care for Remote Communities Story by Mandy Glass. Photos by Dr Rebecca Williams, Dr Simon Ganal PART 3: Two flights, two different locations, two boys, two medical emergencies A boy with severe fractures Do you remember the recent report about the Malaumanda Health Patrol? After the weekend, our MAF […]
Strategic Partnerships to Provide Better Health Care for Remote Communities Story by Mandy Glass. Photos by Dr Simon Ganal Having access to a doctor or medical facility in times of pain, injury or during pregnancy isn’t something many people can take for granted here in Papua New Guinea. Did you enjoyed last week’s story on […]