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Old 28th Oct 2008, 01:10
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sandyhelmet wrote:

That being said, the tiny twin island republic of Trinidad & Tobago with a population of just 1.3 million operates an S76, an AS355 and a couple of BO105s for police and medevac services. Yes, oil revenue helps, but so does political will.
While T&T has 'just' 1.3 million people, my 5 sq mi island of Saba has 1.3 THOUSAND. And yet we have heart attacks, too. We have an island council that appropriates limited funds to needed services. Wanna wager where a barely sufficient but very costly 'appropriate' medevac heli ranks?
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