UAE, India entities sign pact for cooperation in emergency medical, chopper services

UAE, India entities sign pact for cooperation in emergency medical, chopper services

Move follows an MoU inked between Abu Dhabi-based RPM and HAL, an indian aerospace and defence company

UAE’s Response Plus Holding (RPM) and India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will explore new opportunities for cooperation in the areas of emergency medical services. — Supplied Photo

Published: Thu 16 Feb 2023, 2:29 PM Last updated: Thu 16 Feb 2023, 2:31 PM

UAE’s Response Plus Holding (RPM) and India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will explore new opportunities for cooperation in the areas of emergency medical services, medical evacuation, helicopter emergency medical services and other mutually-beneficial fields in the region and India.

The new partnership comes as part of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) inked between Abu Dhabi-based RPM, a leading healthcare provider of emergency medical services, remote healthcare services and occupational health solutions, and HAL, Bengaluru-headquartered aerospace and defence company.

The pact was signed during Aero India 2023 – the biennial airshow and aviation exhibition organised by the Department of Defence Production at the Indian Ministry of Defence, in Bengaluru.

Talking about the milestone pact, RPM chief executive officer Major Tom Louis noted that HAL has been associated with the growth of the aeronautical industry in India for the last eight decades.

“This MoU would mutually help us