Both of them wanted to go back to Italy as soon as possible as the treatment was free and the public hospitals in Italy are really great.

It all depends on how urgent the patient requires the services. Once we get a call, we decide what kind of facilities would be required for the particular case. Since we don't own the aircraft and we charter them, we call for a plane from the nearest base.

We can pick up an ailing person from anywhere in India and fly him to any hospital in the country. The major difference between other services and us is that, we have a team of aviation medical experts. This means the ailing person will be completely taken care of till the time he/she is reached to the hospital.

Every treatment can potentially have an adverse effect. Everybody knows even two aspirins for a headache has a bad effect for someone somewhere. On balance, positive effects have to outweigh the negative.

I think the most exciting benefit is just the fact that we're now able to do a treatment that in the past has had quite a bit of toxicity for patients. It will result in increased dose intensity to the tumor, and fewer overall side effects for the patient.

Every minute counts in stroke. There is treatment for stroke, effective treatment, but this has to be administered urgently.