ITIJ 285 | October 2024 Assistance & Repatriation Review

ITIJ A&RR

In this instalment of the Assistance & Repatriation Review, we look at the complex considerations involved in providing assistance in sub-Saharan Africa; we investigate how international students can suffer from poor mental health – and how to support them; and we explore the current state of the funeral repatriation sector.

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Funeral Support Services Japan

Embalming a deceased Covid-19 patient in Japan

In March of 2020, Funeral Support Services Co. Ltd. did the first Covid-19 embalming in Japan when a Canadian man who arrived at Yokohama Port on the Diamond Princess cruise...

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Albanian Intercare Services

Repatriation of a patient with a brain injury: waiting for the right moment

Albanian Intercare Services (AIS) recounts the evacuation of a 45-year-old German tourist who sustained cranial injuries after falling from height while photographing waterfalls near Vjosa River in Albania

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Jet Companion

A psycho-geriatric repatriation from Canada to Ghana

Jet Companion describes a case where a patient suffering from dementia was escorted home on a commercial airline flight

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TBS Team 24

When nausea reveals a brain haemorrhage

TBS Team 24 helped a patient whose simple symptoms of tiredness and nausea turn out to be much more serious

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LGA Group

A midnight mission in Egypt

Dr Ahmed Monir, Founder of LGA Group, tells us about a recent rescue from Egypt

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Air Doctor

A case study in digital transformation

Air Doctor explained how they helped digitise the operations of a leading emergency assistance service

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Rowland Brothers

Helping the bereaved through tragedy

Fiona Greenwood, Operations Director at Rowland Brothers International, tells us about implementing change, their emphasis on training, and the importance of communication

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Redpoint

A solo traveller’s medical emergency in Lisbon

Redpoint Travel Protection describes how it came to the aid of one traveller who fell ill while in Portugal

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