The air over the Makathini Flats was filled with the distinctive sound of an approaching helicopter on Wednesday last week (July 25) on the day that marked the start of Zululand Mission Air Transport’s (ZUMAT’) HeliClinics Program. A crowd of people from this remote area in northern KwaZulu-Natal came outside […]
Author: Esther Labushagne
Flying doctor service getting new set of wings
After 37 years of flying doctors to remote areas in fixed-wing aircraft, Zululand Mission Air Transport (ZUMAT) is introducing a helicopter service. The new HeliClinics programme, which will start in the second week of July, is being introduced because of the deterioration of clinic runways. The helicopters will enable ZUMAT […]