| Med-Evac Service Restored to Tropic Air After It Was Forced to Step In for Early-Morning San Pedro Medevac |
| Fri, November 13, 2026 |
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Last night we told you about the government decision to discontinue using Tropic Air for medevac flights from San Pedro to Belize City. Managers of the San Pedro Polyclinic passed on the directive to ambulance services like Triple R Emergency Response, who confirmed it to us.
But the move made no sense, because the Tropic Air terminal is literally across the street from the polyclinic, while the Maya Island Air terminal is across the runway-a difference of 130 meters.
Well, after we broke the news last night, it seems local politicians started calling around and querying it.
And then at 2:41 this morning-an emergency airlift was needed. The first responders activated Maya Island as instructed, but they could not get ready in time, so they had to use Tropic Air instead. He said that over time Tropic has reduced its readiness time for a medevac flight to 15 minutes.
Today the Minister of Health Kevin Bernard told the San Pedro Sun, quote, "We are using both airlines. The news that was aired yesterday was totally misleading and wrong."
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