The airport has a medical inspection (MI) unit at present but its good only to provide first aid treatment, Director of Bagdogra Airport Rakesh R Sahay told PTI.
The airport has entered into an agreement with Desun Hospital to provide free medical services to passengers as well staff manning the airport located in Darjeeling district from mid-February onward.
He said facilities to attend to such problems are available only in Delhi and Ahmedabad airports currently.
Doctor and paramedic staff would be present at the Bagdogra airport to attend to patients when the airport whenever needed, Sahay said.
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Besides passengers, it would also render medicare facilities to employees of Airport Authority of India, airline or CISF personnel posted there.
"We have entered into an agreement with the Desun Hospital in Siliguri regarding this and the agreement is for three years," Sahay said.
The head of special projects of Desun Hospital, Javed Ali Khan told PTI over phone that the representatives of the hospital posted at the airport would attend to patients, carry out inspection and start treatment free of cost.
"In case someone needs to be taken to a hospital, either to ours or any other hospital, we will provide free ambulance service also," Khan said.
"This as a part of our corporate social responsibility and we are doing this for the first time," Khan said.
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