Air Force, Health Ministry sign MoU to airlift organ donors

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Sri Lanka Air Force and the Ministry of Health signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Charter Aircraft Agreement.

 Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana and Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Mr. Janaka Sri Chandraguptha attended to the ceremony.

The agreement efforts to spearhead towards providing aircraft on mobile Charter Basis through Sri Lanka Air Force for the purposes of air lift remains of deceased personnel for organs retrieval on the request of the Ministry of Health. 

C-130, AN-32, MA-60, Y-12, MI-17, Bell-412, Bell-212 and Bell-206 airworthy aircraft will be deployed to perform air lift operations under this agreement, said the Sri Lanka Air Force.

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