Mountain Area Medical Airlift Foundation

31/07/2025

Update with regards to our previous post on Blood Transfusion volunteers.

We are happy to say that the patient has received blood transfusion (two bags) yesterday from ANGAU Hospital.

Patient Judith Jacob was delighted to see our medevac nurses during patient follow-ups today and expressed her heartfelt gratitude. The story of her experience will be published on our website blog soon.

For those who would still like to donate blood for patients we medevac, please refer to the previous post for the contact. 🙏

30/07/2025

URGENT CALL FOR BLOOD 'O' DONORS 📣📢

We have a patient that was airlifted from Imane on the border of Morobe and Eastern Highlands today and need emergency blood transfusion.

We would like to ask for volunteers in Lae, Morobe Province who are willing to donate blood for this patient at ANGAU Hospital tomorrow.

If you or anyone you know would like to donate, please drop by Manolos Aviation Limited heliport/office in Downtown tomorrow morning or contact us directly on +675 7260 0007 for details.

We only need two blood 'O' group donors.

We thank you kindly for the support. 🙏🏽

15/07/2025

10/07/2025

🚁 MAMA Foundation Medevac Update: April – June 2025 📊

In just 3 months, the MAMA Foundation has carried out 37 life-saving helicopter medevac flights across 4 provinces and 9 districts in Papua New Guinea! 🇵🇬❤️

Here's what we've achieved:

✅ 19 rural health facility emergency referrals
✅ 17 village emergency medevac requests (no referral letters)
✅ 1 ship-to-shore patient transfer

Every flight counts. Every life matters.
Thank you to our team, partners, and supporters for helping us reach those in need. 💚

02/07/2025

Some of the beautiful faces we meet when we are out doing medevac missions from remote areas. The welcoming smile and curiosity shows how grateful and hopeful our rural people are... in some of the challenging terrain and environments where road access and services are limited, a helicopter lands to save one of their own. 🚁❣️

30/06/2025

On Sunday morning we had a Medevac for a mother, who would have not survived without someone willing to bleed for her.

A big thank you to all those who volunteered to give blood for our Mama Medevac Program. You know who you are and we appreciate you! 💝💖

27/06/2025

Additional Medevac Aircraft to serve remote areas

MAMA Foundation and Manolos Aviation Limited is proud to announce the latest addition to our aeromedical fleet, a MBB BK117 helicopter registered as P2-LAW.

Formerly operated by the German Police, the aircraft will now serve the remote communities of PNG. It proudly carries the title “Docta Boi” - an expression symbolising the presence of both a doctor and/or nurse(s) on board every medevac flight. This ensures that urgent medical actions can be performed in the air, while patients are transported to the nearest hospitals.

The helicopter was flown to Lae today to begin its operations after successfully meeting CASA PNG requirements.

20/06/2025

Our medevac mission on 19th June took us all the way to Wau District of Morobe.

Our helicopters can only land at makeshift helipads or clearings. We had to land at Aiyeti Primary School, and wait for locals to carry a mother to us.

The heavily pregnant mother was assisted by a CHW who walked for 5hours to get to her. She was referred to Lae because of fetal distress.

We wish the mother well.

18/06/2025

Today's mission took us all the way to a remote village in the mountains of Finschhafen.

A village health assistant (VHA) requested for the medevac of an 18yo mother who needed hospital management. At this moment there were no health officials available at the nearest Health Facility to assist the mother.

She gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Friday with the help of the VHA.

10/06/2025

This morning's medevac mission took us all the way to a remote village in the mountains of Kabwum District of Morobe.

A mother with obstetric complications sadly lost her baby, and was experiencing retained placenta.

She was in need of urgent medical attention and was flown into Lae - a flight that only took less than an hour to get her to a hospital.

We wish her full recovery.

12/05/2025