24×7 Emergency Air Ambulance Service in Siliguri
Life Savers Ambulance Services provides advanced air ambulance service in Siliguri for critically ill patients requiring rapid medical evacuation across India and internationally.
Strategically located as the gateway to North East India, Sikkim, Bhutan, and North Bengal, Siliguri plays a crucial role in emergency medical transportation. Through Bagdogra Airport, Life Savers provides fast and medically coordinated patient transfer to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and other major healthcare centres.
Our air ambulance service operates as a fully equipped flying ICU with advanced life-support systems, ventilator support, cardiac monitoring, infusion pumps, oxygen systems, suction apparatus, emergency medications, and a specialised critical care flight team onboard.
Life Savers provides complete bed-to-bed air ambulance transfer from Siliguri including ICU road ambulance pickup, airport coordination, in-flight critical care, and direct hospital admission at the destination city.
Why Air Ambulance Is Important in Siliguri
Siliguri serves patients not only from North Bengal but also from:
• Darjeeling
• Jalpaiguri
• Cooch Behar
• Gangtok
• Sikkim
• Assam
• Meghalaya
• Bhutan border regions
• Nepal border areas
Due to limited availability of super speciality care for advanced neuro, cardiac, transplant, trauma, neonatal, and oncology emergencies in the region, many critically ill patients require urgent transfer to metro cities.
Air ambulance from Siliguri significantly reduces transfer time and improves access to advanced tertiary care hospitals.
Step-by-Step Process of Air Ambulance Service in Siliguri
Step 1: Medical Evaluation
Our emergency coordination team assesses:
• Current diagnosis
• Stability of the patient
• Ventilator or oxygen requirement
• Destination hospital
• Medical urgency
The team decides whether:
• Charter air ambulance is required
• Commercial stretcher transfer is possible
• Neonatal air transfer is needed
Step 2: Aircraft & Medical Team Mobilisation
Based on the patient's condition:
• Aircraft is arranged
• Flight medical crew is assigned
• Permissions and airport clearances are initiated
• Receiving hospital coordination begins
Step 3: ICU Ambulance Pickup from Hospital
A fully equipped ICU ambulance transfers the patient safely from the hospital in Siliguri to the airport.
Step 4: Transfer Through Bagdogra Airport
At Bagdogra Airport:
• Priority medical boarding is coordinated
• Stretcher and wheelchair movement is arranged
• Oxygen and monitoring systems are activated before take-off
Step 5: Continuous In-Flight ICU Care
During the flight, the medical team continuously monitors:
• Heart rate
• Oxygen saturation
• Blood pressure
• Ventilator parameters
• Neurological condition
Emergency intervention capability remains available throughout the journey.
Step 6: Destination Airport & Hospital Transfer
After landing:
• Receiving ICU ambulance remains ready
• Destination ICU/NICU/PICU team is informed
• Direct hospital admission is coordinated
The patient is safely transferred with uninterrupted medical care.
Why Choose Life Savers Air Ambulance in Siliguri?
Advantages of Our Air Ambulance Service
- 24×7 emergency medical evacuation
- Fast mobilisation from Bagdogra Airport
- Domestic and international transfers
- Dedicated ICU setup onboard aircraft
- Experienced flight doctors and paramedics
- Bed-to-bed patient transfer coordination
- Ventilator and oxygen-supported patient transfer
- Neonatal and paediatric air ambulance specialists
- Commercial airline stretcher transfer options available
Types of Air Medical Transport Available from Siliguri
Charter Air Ambulance
Dedicated aircraft configured as a flying ICU for:
- Critically unstable patients
- Emergency trauma evacuation
- Ventilator-dependent patients
- Organ transplant transport
- International medical evacuation
- Time-sensitive ICU transfers
The aircraft is equipped with advanced critical care systems comparable to an ICU setup inside a hospital.
Commercial Flight Medical Escort & Stretcher Transfer
Life Savers also arranges medical transfer on scheduled commercial airlines.
Suitable For:
• Stable ICU patients
• Stretcher patients
• Wheelchair passengers
• Elderly travellers requiring oxygen support
• Post-operative patients
• Non-emergency medical transportation
Services Include:
• Airline stretcher approval
• Medical escort doctor or paramedic
• Oxygen arrangement onboard
• Airport wheelchair coordination
• Priority boarding assistance
• Bed-to-bed ambulance transfer
Commercial flight stretcher transfer is significantly more affordable than charter air ambulance.
Hospitals in Siliguri from Where Patients Are Commonly Shifted
Life Savers regularly transfers patients from:
• North Bengal Medical College and Hospital
• Medica North Bengal Clinic
• Neotia Getwel Healthcare Centre
• Anandaloke Multispeciality Hospital
• Paramount Hospital
• Dr. Chhang's Super Speciality Hospital
Patients are commonly shifted to advanced superspeciality centres in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Kolkata.
Which Patients Can Be Transported by Air Ambulance?
Adult Critical Care Cases
• Ventilator-supported patients
• Cardiac emergencies
• Stroke and paralysis patients
• Severe trauma and accident cases
• Brain injury patients
• Multi-organ failure cases
• Oncology emergencies
• Post-surgical ICU patients
• Oxygen-dependent patients
• Transplant-related transfers
Neonatal and Paediatric Air Ambulance from Siliguri
Life Savers provides specialised neonatal and paediatric air ambulance with NICU and PICU-level support.
Neonatal Cases Commonly Shifted
• Premature newborns
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
• Neonatal sepsis
• Congenital heart disease
• Low birth weight babies
• Neonatal surgical emergencies
• Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
Paediatric Cases
• Paediatric trauma
• Severe respiratory distress
• Septic shock
• Congenital anomalies
• Paediatric ICU transfers
• Post-operative paediatric care
Advanced ICU Equipment Available Onboard
Every air ambulance is equipped with:
• Advanced transport ventilator
• Multi-parameter cardiac monitor
• Defibrillator
• Syringe and infusion pumps
• Portable suction apparatus
• Oxygen cylinders with backup support
• Emergency drug kit
• Airway management equipment
• Neonatal transport incubator when required
Continuous Monitoring Includes:
• ECG
• SpO₂
• NIBP
• EtCO₂
• Respiratory rate
• Temperature monitoring
Specialised Flight Medical Team
Each transfer includes:
• Critical care doctor
• Flight paramedic
• Neonatal specialist when required
• Paediatric specialist for PICU transfers
The medical team continuously monitors and stabilises the patient throughout the flight.
Which Patients Are Not Suitable for Commercial Flight Transfer?
Commercial airline stretcher transfer may not be suitable for:
• Highly unstable ventilator patients
• Active cardiac arrest cases
• Severe haemodynamic instability
• Patients requiring emergency procedures during flight
• Critically unstable neonatal emergencies
Such cases generally require dedicated charter air ambulance.
Major Destination Hospitals Covered
Delhi NCR
• AIIMS Delhi
• Apollo Hospitals
• Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
• Fortis Hospital
• Medanta - The Medicity
Other Cities
• Mumbai
• Chennai
• Bangalore
• Hyderabad
• Kolkata
• Pune
• Ahmedabad
International medical evacuation is available to Singapore, Thailand, UAE, UK, and other countries.
Dr. Pradeep Gupta
Critical Care And Transportation Specialist
Current Handling Critical Care Ambulance services around the world, Founder And Chief Mentor at Life Savers, Start up in Train Ambulance on Ease of availability and Financial savvy.
Past Worked as Intensivist In Sir Ganga Ram Hospital(Delhi) for Many Years
Qualification MBBS, Diploma in Critical Care
