Shifting of a COVID-19 patient from Delhi to Chennai would cost not less than ₹20 lakh, according to an operator. Apart from Dr Mishra, Yashoda Hospitals has treated 31 patients airlifted from other States, including non-COVID patients. Hospitals in Tamil Nadu are witnessing similar instances of COVID-19 patients being brought back from northern parts of the country. Planet-X Aerospace Services, which operates out of Coimbatore and Madurai, has airlifted COVID-19 patients seven times in just the past two months. “Currently, there is one patient airlifted from Bhopal on a non-invasive ventilator and now under observation,” he says.

Source: The Hindu May 11, 2021 13:28 UTC