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of this will be just another sign-on-the-dotted-line afterthought amid
all the other preparations? In Marlin Perkins’ day Mutual of Omaha
provided all the insurance cover anyone could want, but the world
has become a different place since Mrs bin Laden had little Osama
and it’s been over a generation since most Third World hunting
destinations had First World medical facilities. So just when should
caution lean towards paranoia?
Zimbabwe is probably one of the African leaders here. Despite
continuing uncertainly as to what the political and economic future
may hold, the private medical sector is evolving at a prodigious rate
- a series of emergency rooms, clinics and hospitals have stepped
into the breach left by the imploding government healthcare
infrastructure, and emergency care is pretty damn good. And there
are a number of critical care ambulance services which also offer air
evacuation from some of the country’s more remote areas. And, of
course, there’s the Limpopo river, on the other side of which lie
South Africa’s state-of-the-art emergency care facilities. Your PH
will be au fait with what’s available in case of emergency, and what
it really can and cannot do, and this won’t be a concern to most
hunters. Hopefully.
As the War on Terror winds down, and countries like Afghanistan
and Iraq reclaim their sovereignty, there are also going to be a lot of
ex-private military contractors wandering around, wondering where
their next tax-free seven hundred bucks a day is going to come from.
Well, I see a solution - and so have some other folks.
One such enterprise operates out of Boston Massachusetts. Global
Rescue LLC was founded by former Wall Street banker Dan
Richards, and is operationally run by Ted Muhlner, a former US
Navy SEAL with an MBA from Harvard. A close working
relationship with Johns Hopkins, ranked as the number one hospital
in the United States by the US News and World Report since 1990
doesn’t tarnish their CV either.
Global Rescue is a unique service provider for the 21st Century - an
all-round risk management firm with CASEVAC capabilities. On the
logistical front, they can get you out of somewhere you really don’t
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