The Doctor-Heli is a helicopter with medical equipment for emergency treatment, which takes doctors and nurses to the emergency site and transfer the patient to a medical institution.

Emergency transport from remote islands, remote areas, and ships was carried out until the 1990s due to economic, topographical, meteorological conditions, and restrictions on securing off-site airfields. However, the experiments started in the 1990s and introduction is being promoted in each region after its effectiveness has been recognized.

Costs

It is about 400,000 yen per dispatch, but it is expected to cost about 1.2 million yen to fly to distant places.

Models

Main models are MD902, EC135, BK117, Bell 429, AW109SP Grand New, etc. The patient is required to be transported on a stretcher. Therefore, many aircraft have double doors at the rear of the cabin.