WHO WE ARE
Mountain Area medical Airlift (MAMA) Foundation is a Not-For-Profit Organization whose primary objective is to offer a complete medical evacuation (medevac) solution for Papua New Guinea.
MAMA Foundation was incorporated on the 1st of September in 2020. The Foundation is focused on Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS), providing medevac services for partner districts, provincial health authorities (PHAs), and the public and private sectors. The Foundation supports the provision and extension of health services to remote and rural Papua New Guinea (PNG) which are inaccessible by road.
Medical Evacuations which were formerly done under Manolos Aviation Ltd were officially managed by MAMA Foundation since January 2021.
In 2021 alone, more than 130 patients benefited from this medevac service that was successfully carried out by MAMA Foundation.
OUR TEAM
Our Medevac Team consists of qualified pilots, expatriate German doctors, and professional emergency nurses.
Capt. Jurgen Ruh
Director of MAMA Foundation and experienced medevac pilot with over 1,500 medevacs accross PNG
Capt. Jan Henning
Experienced Medevac Pilot with Night Rating and Instrument Rating
Sr Audrey Taula
Head of Flight Nurse, specialized in Family Health
Sr Glendah Walker
Flight Nurse
We partner with Katim Tasol Foundation to have the best and experienced German Doctors to support our work.
Dr Simon Ganal
Experienced Surgeon and Director of Katim Tasol Foundation
Dr Ulrich Unterreithmeier
Experienced Surgeon and Medical Advisor at Katim Tasol Foundation
Dr Florian Schwoebel
Experienced aeromedical doctor and Medical Advisor at Katim Tasol Foundation
Junior Pilots
Our pilots in training will soon join the medevac team as professional helicopter pilots to ensure the medevac service continues into the future.
Deborah Bidang
Holds a PNG Commercial Pilot's License in fixed wing and currently converting to helicopter.
Annette Gele
Trainee Pilot with Australian PPL to convert to PNG.
Gorethy Kaye
Trainee Pilot with Australian PPL to convert to PNG, also an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer with AMS-1 License.
Mission
Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA) Foundation is dedicated to providing exceptional pre-hospital medical care, stabilization, and transfer of critically ill patients, through the provision of medically fitted helicopters (or air ambulances).
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Our mission is to reach every patient within two hours’ notice. We aim to improve the pre-hospital patient care system, while assuring quality and appropriate responses to medical emergencies from inaccessible remote villages and rural health facilities.
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We collaborate with the private sector, and provincial governments, district development authorities and provincial health authorities for better coordination and efficient transportation of patients.
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Our values continue to define how we run our Foundation; People first, because every life is worth fighting for.
Vision
Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA) will continuously work to improve its medical evacuation operations from remote villages and rural health facilities to urban hospitals.
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This vision is achievable by:
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regularly training and up skilling our team;
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implement new innovations in advanced life support technology;
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Embracing new and improved medical practices in Papua New Guinea and globally;
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Continuous strategic planning and improvement evaluation on "how we can do MAMA better”
Objectives
The goals and objectives of Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA) are:
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Swift response to MedEvac request - endeavour to be there when we are needed;
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Excellence in pre-hospital in pre-hospital medical care, stabilization, and transfer of critically ill patients,
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Provide the best training opportunities provided available for our medevac team;
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Develop and implement the necessary infrastructure so that our services will be efficient and maintained for the rural PNG;
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Upholding an excellent reputation in the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) sector.