Sy Zachar and Bill Gerich, together, have experienced three SkyMed services in the last two years. Both Sy and Bill have been SkyMed members in need of a SkyMed emergency flight from San Miguel, Mexico, to their destination of choice in West Palm Beach, FL, for immediate treatment of serious medical conditions. Sy, needing treatment […]
Patricia DesLauriers, an American X-Pat living on the Island of Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos Islands, describes her SkyMed experience when she had taken a bad fall and shattered her knee cap. She states, “The small hospital on the island could not handle this emergency as I needed immediate surgery. The hospital staff stabilized […]
“It was just a normal day in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and I was putting water in my dog’s dish,” says Gayle Paulson. “My hip collapsed just like that and was broken. I woke up to find myself on my back and lying in my kitchen. My friend who was living with me found […]
“I was at my park model in Southern Aire RV Resort in the NE corner of Tampa, Florida when I had a fall,” says Lynn Halonen. “I knew I had broken something. I had been living with Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease). Within minutes, my neighbors had me in their car and on the way […]
“I had surgery for malignant melanoma in 1999 that was successful, says Tom Saliba. “Since that time, I have been checked every three months. While I was down in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the local dermatologist thought she saw something. After getting tested, the biopsy came back malignant. Not wanting to have surgery in […]
“I am an 82-year-old motorcyclist,” says Muriel Farrington. “I was riding my motorcycle up through the Appalachians along the Virginia / West Virginia border when I felt pain in my lower left back. I had just ridden through 17 miles of National Forests without seeing another car – I loved it. After several hours of […]
