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Guyana Air Ambulance
Pilot Terrence Trapnell

RAM operates a Cessna 206 aircraft from a permanent base at Lethem on the southern border of Guyana near the Brazil border. Airplanes of this type have been operating continuously from its Lethem base since February 17th 2001. Flying doctors, dentists, nurses and veterinarians are all flown to remote Amerindian villages to provide care and emergency supplies. The aircraft is called out for some type of medical or humanitarian relief flight on an average of once every 2.2 days throughout the year. Fuel for the airplane has to be trucked in by 4X4 trucks hundreds of miles along muddy dirt roads and dangerous bridges. The current price of fuel delivered to Lethem is over $5 US per gallon.

The RAM volunteer pilot in command at RAM Airborne base Lethem is Terrence Trapnell. This talented and dedicated young man has been in service with RAM for over two years.
RAM flies in to 28 different airfields in Guyana. Most of the airstrips are short, rough dirt fields and require great piloting skills. The weather is unpredictable and communications and weather reports are frequently unavailable. Over 13,000 emergency cases have been flown in the aircraft, but in addition to life and death cases thousands more have received benefit from our free air ambulance service.

Air Ambulance Transport

Guyana Air Ambulance and Sky

 

Young boy returning home
Read more about the Guyana air Ambulance program on Terrence's blog.

   
 
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