Medical Flight

Santa Teresa has a small medical clinic. Friday evening they had a lady who was in labor but having complications. The electricity which is supplied to only part of the village was out and the doctor needed us to fly her out. Rick and I flew her and her husband 12 minutes away to Jesus Maria where we were to meet an ambulance. It was getting late, and we were in a hurry to get back before sunset because once the sun goes down, it gets dark quickly in the mountains. If it did get too late, we could have flown 90 miles to Mazatlan, but we weren’t feeling the need for a vacation. When we landed at Jesus Maria, the ambulance wasn’t there, so we took off and started looking for it. I felt sorry for this lady being in labor and having us maneuver around, looking for the ambulance.  We spotted it several miles away, slowly coming up the dirt road, so we went back and landed. After dropping the couple off, we circled once more to make sure that the ambulance was still coming. We were in a hurry to get back but were also concerned about her so we watched and as soon as the ambulance turned in, we headed back to Santa Teresa, landing just before sunset.

Rick and I became friends with the doctor after returning.