The models of these general aviation companies are relatively uniform. Light helicopters only have R44 with four seats, AS350 with six seats, Bell 407 with seven seats, and H130 with eight seats. They are all single-engine light helicopters and are widely used for tourism, medical rescue, and security.

tasks, and agricultural and forestry operations.

The four-seat model R44 was the cheapest, with a long-term rental price of only 4,000/hour. He gave up immediately because the space was too small to fit a stretcher, and it could only be used to transfer patients and experts over short distances, with limited uses.

The most suitable one is the 6-seater helicopter AS350, nicknamed Little Squirrel. As its name suggests, it is the most widely used helicopter. It can accommodate 2 medical staff and a stretcher. It is very light and flexible, and has enough space.

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The price is also relatively moderate, about 8,000 to 10,000 per hour. If we negotiate a long-term contract of several years, it may be even lower.

As for seven-seater and eight-seater helicopters, the space is larger and the price is more expensive, starting at about 20,000/hour.

He was quite satisfied with the price, and it was not too much beyond what he expected.

"Sure enough, if there is no need for modification, the price will be much lower. In my impression, the eight-seater helicopter used for medical rescue was 40,000 an hour, but now it is only 20,000."

"A medium-sized helicopter like the AW139 can hold two stretchers, and the price is 70,000 an hour. This is too expensive. Except for emergency rescue and disaster relief, it is probably not used on a daily basis."

"It's still a little squirrel. The price is cheap. There is no need to modify the aircraft. It only needs two doctors and nurses, a first aid kit and a stretcher, and it is enough. If we can talk to insurance companies about cooperation and find financial subsidies, we can probably bring down the price.

Cut it to a level that the patient can accept."

"The main reason is that general aviation companies only need to provide crew members and do not need to modify them. This way they do not need to occupy their aircraft for a long time. They can be flexibly deployed and used, and naturally the price can be reduced a lot. This can also be regarded as a normal price for marriage leasing and tourism."

Thinking of this, Zhang Aiping suddenly felt reassured.

He found the two or three general aviation companies with the lowest prices and called them.

"Manager Li, I've looked at the quotation. Can it be lower? Eight thousand is still a bit expensive. In fact, your plane is just sitting there. Why don't you use it to do more business when you have free time?"

"As you know, it is very troublesome to apply for low-altitude flights for commercial activities. The procedures are very complicated. You have to apply several days in advance, and you may not be able to get approved. But medical rescue is different. It can be handled on a special basis. Every time

The application can be approved quickly, so your business volume will definitely increase a lot and your business will be easier to do, right?"

"What we are pursuing is a long-term and stable cooperative relationship. If we do well, it will be no problem to sign a long-term contract of three to five years. We are also a tertiary hospital after all. If we start to do aviation rescue, we can give you a wave of advertising.

, which is conducive to your business in other hospitals."

"And we are already in talks with the People's Insurance Company of China. We can cooperate with the three parties to include the costs in high-end medical insurance, so that we can have stable performance."

He has done a lot of research and knows this area very well. He uses a set of rhetoric to make the other party unable to fight back, but at the same time he is a little tempted.

Manager Li from Su'an General Aviation hesitated and said: "What you said makes sense. I don't know what price you want?"

Zhang Aiping haggled down the price: "We are interested in the little squirrel, how about five thousand an hour?"

Manager Li was startled for a moment and shook his head repeatedly: "You are really joking. This price is not even enough for our maintenance costs."

"That means your cost control is not good enough, and your management capabilities need to be strengthened." Zhang Aiping laughed: "They are all light aircraft, and there is only one pilot. The difference is nothing more than the aircraft and the fuel. The difference is not big. Besides, we are not everyone

The flight takes an hour each time, and a round trip for rescue in the city is estimated to take more than half an hour."

Manager Li smiled bitterly and said: "But there is a big difference in aircraft prices. A Little Squirrel costs 20 million, while an R44 only costs 4 million. The annual maintenance cost is only 400,000. The Little Squirrel's maintenance cost is several million."

"It's not like the R44 can't fit on a stretcher, otherwise it would be good to use this one."

Manager Li's eyes suddenly lit up: "Actually, we also have an R66 model, which is a five-seater helicopter. It is smaller and cheaper. If the co-pilot seat is removed, a stretcher should be able to be squeezed in.

Two medical staff can also sit down."

"Oh, that sounds good. What's the lowest price?" Zhang Aiping asked with interest.

"This can give you the price you mentioned, five thousand one hour, because this aircraft is also cheap, only seven million per aircraft."

Zhang Aiping nodded: "It sounds good. We will discuss the specific details when we meet."

Soon, Zhang Aiping reached an agreement of intent with Su'an General Aviation Company.

Due to the existence of portable first aid kits, the hardware requirements for helicopter first aid have become very low. They only need to be able to put down a stretcher. In this way, almost all light helicopters can be used, and the idle rate is greatly reduced.

The general aviation company provides maintenance personnel, fuel and maintenance work to ensure that Ningcheng always has aircraft available and can take off at any time when needed.

The hospital provides doctors and equipment to treat patients on board.

Different models charge different fees. Calculated on an hourly basis, the cheapest R66 only costs 5,000 an hour, the more expensive R66 only costs 8,000 an hour, and even more expensive tens of thousands, but this one should be difficult to use.

Overall, Zhang Aiping is very satisfied. The training of emergency doctors is easy, mainly because the ultra-high requirements for hardware have been eliminated, and the cost has been reduced instantly.

In fact, aviation first aid has always been subsidized, but the amount of the subsidy depends on the situation. Daily patient first aid only provides a subsidy of 600 per hour, but if it is an official mission, such as maritime search and rescue, emergency rescue and disaster relief, the subsidy is 600 per hour.

The subsidy will be as high as more than 20,000, which is almost equivalent to free.

The economic conditions of the people in Jiangsu Province are not bad. As long as aviation first aid is not as expensive as in the past, with prices starting at 40,000 per hour, citizens should still be willing to try it in order to save lives.

After all, an ambulance call costs around RMB 500, and if it goes across the city, it costs over a thousand RMB. Compared with the RMB 5,000 per helicopter trip, the difference is not so unacceptable.

Besides, he can also discuss cooperation with insurance companies such as Life Insurance and Ping An. What insurance companies care about most is cost. If they know that aviation rescue can be so much cheaper, they will definitely be willing to cooperate and add it to high-end medical insurance.

Su'an General Aviation Company is also very happy. Not only has it negotiated a large order, the utilization rate of the aircraft has increased, and there is no need for additional hardware investment. If the cooperation is good, it can also cooperate with other hospitals in the province to expand more

market.

In short, both parties are very satisfied and look forward to the results of the cooperation.

******

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, Qian Zhong was driving on the highway into the city.

He had just returned from his hometown with his wife. After driving for several hours, he was already a little tired.

But he still tried to stay focused and carefully weaved through the traffic.

My wife was sitting in the passenger seat, a little drowsy.

Suddenly, not far ahead, a round thing fell from a large moving truck.

It looked like a car tire, rolling a few times in the air, quickly landing, and bouncing on the road.

Vehicles along the way swerved out of the way, causing a commotion in an instant.

Qian Zhong held the steering wheel tightly, sweating profusely, and finally managed to escape. Seeing the tire passing him by, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, there was a "bang".

A car slammed into me from behind.

The entire car flew out instantly, rolled over, and hit the guardrail.

Qian Zhong did not faint. The airbag that popped up on his chest saved him, but his wife in the passenger seat was already unconscious and her body was covered in blood.

His hands couldn't help shaking, he picked up the phone and dialed 120.

A pleasant voice sounded: "Hello, this is 120..."

"I just had a car accident here. Send an ambulance quickly. My wife is covered in blood and has passed out." Qian Zhong said urgently, with a hint of crying in his tone.

"Understood, please tell us the location and we will dispatch an ambulance within 10 minutes."

Qian Zhong immediately told the other party his detailed address, hung up the phone, and waited anxiously.

Unexpectedly, a few minutes later, the phone rang.

However, the 120 personnel told him that because it was during the morning and evening rush hours, the roads in the city were extremely congested, and even the highway where he was located had begun to be jammed, and the ambulance would not be able to arrive in a short time.

"What should we do? What should we do?" Qian Zhong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

He looked at his wife and saw that she had multiple traumas on her limbs and abdomen, and blood was seeping out, staining the seat underneath her red.

"It's no longer possible. My wife keeps bleeding. When can you come over?"

At this moment, he felt a deep powerlessness.

Do I have to stand aside like this and watch my wife die in the car?

A circle of people had gathered around the car, and passers-by looked at this scene and suddenly sighed.

"Oops, there's a lot of blood!"

"Your sister, why did the tires suddenly fall out of the sky while driving?"

"The owner of the car that hit someone behind was fine, but he was hit and injured. It's really unreasonable."

"Where's the traffic police? Why haven't they come yet?"

"We can't come. It's said that the road is blocked, and the ambulance is also blocked and can't get in."

"It's true that misfortunes never come singly. There are traffic jams everywhere at this point, and it's impossible to drive through."

"This woman wouldn't just bleed to death like this. It would be too tragic."

Listening to the noisy sounds around him, Qian Zhong became furious and shouted angrily into the phone.

"Can you come? Do you know that my wife is going to die?"

"Traffic jam, traffic jam, it's not like the traffic jam happened today, why didn't you prepare earlier?"

There was a faint voice on the other end of the phone. After a while, the staff member said: "Sir, I'm very sorry. I'm afraid the ambulance won't arrive in time."

"Fuck" Qian Zhong cursed with a curse word, and despair surged in his heart.

He sat weakly on the ground, looked at his unconscious wife, and tears instantly flowed down his face.

"It's all my fault. Why did you come back today? Why not earlier, or later, but at this time?"
To be continued...