The New South Wales Minister for Health, the Honorable Craig Knowles, welcomed the involvement of a significant member of the corporate world such as One-Tel in their support of Child Flight. The agreement was for a 3 year contract but it was anticipated that it would continue beyond that. Dr Alan Amodeo, chairman of Child Flight, said that the partnership with One-Tel offered the prospect of Child Flight purchasing a second helicopter. This would mean no longer having to say 'no' when the first helicopter was already in use. A search facility has been added to the NETS' web site.
Many pages have a simple search tool as shown below.
The home page has an advanced tool. However, neither of these is suitable to support and, at the same time adequately secure an infant or young child. In fact standard ambulance stretchers are generally considered less satisfactory than a car capsule or car seat for a child's safety in a moving vehicle. This new system will allow critically ill or injured children to be safely immobilised when this has been difficult or impossible before. Meanwhile, those children who require a flatter or flat position can also be catered for.