July 2006:
LifeStar suspends
flight operations due to lack of charitable funding. Board of
Directors begins evaluation of other business models to assist
patients with long distant travel needs. About 30,000 patients
per year use no cost air transportation. Research by LifeStar
indicates over 1 million patients per year need this type of
service. LifeStar remains committed to assisting this growing
need.
January 2006:
LifeStar reports
2005 results: 47 missions completed, serving 96 people.
Over 24,000 miles flown to destinations in NY, PA, OH, MA, NH, ME,
NC, VA, NJ, MD.
Rising fuel costs
after hurricane Katrina have significantly increased operating
costs. It has become necessary for LifeStar to screen
requested missions based on patient need. Additional funding
from any source is desperately needed.
November 2005:
LifeStar flies lung transplant patient from Elmira, NY to
Pittsburgh, PA. For this patient, LifeStar was the only
transportation option to receive a life saving transplant.
July 2005: LifeStar flies lung
transplant patient from Ithaca, NY to Pittsburgh, PA, well within
the four hour time limit. Ten other transplant patients have
made arrangements for LifeStar to fly them to their respective
transplant centers.
LifeStar responds to
urgent medical flight requested by Women and Children's Hospital.
A 9 year-old dialysis patient, away at camp in the Catskills,
developed a restricted access port. This required an immediate
return to Buffalo, NY for treatment.
June 2005:
The number of flight requests not
served by LifeStar increases. For each mission flown by
LifeStar, there are two missions that are declined. Half of
the missions declined are because of distances that are not
compatible with LifeStar aircraft. The other half of declined
missions are due to budgetary constraints.
This illustrates the
need for continued funding from charitable sources.
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