If your child is hurt or sick, the last thing you want to worry about is the cost of an air ambulance. As a founding partner of the AirMedic Programme des enfants (Program for Children), TransCanada is helping mitigate the cost of transporting children by air ambulance in Quebec.

“This investment supports our giving philosophy to improve the quality of life in the communities where our employees live and work,” says Paule Gauthier, a member of TransCanada’s Board of Directors, who participated in the program announcement on Sept. 4. “That philosophy includes equipping local organizations so they’re able to respond to the health and safety needs of children in those communities.”

TransCanada’s support of the new pediatric/neonatal air ambulance program allows for the free transportation of emergency pediatric patients for the next three years and helps fund AirMedic’s purchase of a new incubator for babies.

AirMedic is a non-profit group that provides air ambulance service, evacuation and patient transport to the province of Quebec. AirMedic also transports organs and patients needing transplants, as well as medical teams who need to travel urgently.

“With this new program, we are looking for a way to save the lives of children without the parents having to live with the stress of having to pay for the service,” said François Rivard, president, AirMedic, in a press release announcing the partnership. “We want the parents to be able to concentrate 100 per cent on the healing of their child.”

In recognition of TransCanada's support, AirMedic unveiled our logo on two of its helicopters at a ceremony in Quebec City, Quebec on Sept. 4.

For more information on TransCanada’s partnership with AirMedic, contact Cheryl Bishop at 403.920.7851.