This blog update is provided by Karen May, Director of Communications, Baptist Health System.
Watch virtually any TV newscast tonight to see coverage of the announcement that an AirLIFE helicopter will now be based at North Central Baptist Hospital. A news conference this morning at North Central Baptist Hospital in Stone Oak attracted coverage by KENS-TV (Ch. 5), KSAT-TV (Ch. 12) KABB-TV (Fox News), WOAI-TV (Ch. 4) KWEX-TV (Ch. 41), as well as WOAI Radio, and area community media such as StoneOakInfo.com and Neighborhood News.
NPR Radio also included the announcement in their newscasts today.
One of the San Antonio AirLIFE helicopters is now based at North Central Baptist Hospital, which speeds the dispatch of flights to the growing communities north of San Antonio.
This new location shaves life-saving minutes from air medical response time.
San Antonio AirLIFE was organized Sept. 1, 1990 as a not-for-profit community service to San Antonio and South Texas. More than 40,000 patients have been transported by its state and national-award winning crews. North Central Baptist Hospital opened its doors to patients Sept. 17, 1991, and has grown to meet the growing needs of the community around it. Students from Health Careers High School also participated in the news conference, with two students getting to fly from the previous base at Baptist Medical Center to North Central Baptist Hospital, and about 30 additional students participating in a demonstration of how the AirLIFE crew transports patients in the "intensive care units in the sky
Thank you to Jack Cleary, President, North Central Baptist Hospital and his staff, as well as to Dr. Wayne Hilliard, president and CEO of San Antonio AirLIFE, and his flight crews, as well as to the students who participated in the news conference.
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