Ensuring safe patient transfers: medico-legal concerns

Chloe Fox asks experts what the industry is doing to mitigate legal risks for doctors and patients during medical transfers

Operating in Africa

Alysia Cameron-Davies investigates the challenges of providing assistance in Africa, and how firms can overcome these obstacles

How to manage inappropriate patient offloads on cruise ships

Dr Arthur Diskin, Global Medical Strategy Director at AP Companies, explains the issue of patients being disembarked from cruise ships at ports without sufficient healthcare provision

Providing care and comfort to the families of patients injured abroad

Dr Adrian Hyzler, Medical Director at Crisis24, explains how assistance firms can provide comfort to the loved ones of a patient who has been injured abroad

Supporting business travellers and international assignees in a crisis

Sebastien Bedu, General Manager, Middle East, at International SOS, explains what it takes to ensure that employees working overseas are safe when an emergency situation occurs

Interview: Margaret O'Donnell, Director and Clinical Services Manager, Australian Medical Escort Service

Oliver Cuenca talks to Margaret O'Donnell of Australian Medical Escort Service (AMES), about her company’s work