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According to reports, a fourteen year old Maldivian boy was required to be airlifted from Gaaf Alif Villingili to Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital Maldives' capital city Male..
Aasandha Company Limited, the company responsible for medical evacuations, issued an official statement and said that the Medical Section of the company had processed and approved the airlift ambulance within 12 minutes..
The Aasandha Company Limited that received the emergency evacuation request said that they initiated the process to evacuate immediately after the request, but unfortunately, due to a technical problem with the flight at the last moment, the diversion was not possible as planned"..
Maldivian minister Meekail Naseem took to microblogging site X and citing a a local media agency's coverage of the unfortunate incident wrote, People shouldnt have to pay with their lives to satisfy the Presidents animosity towards India."..
According to local media reports, in order to reduce Indian dependency, the Pro-China President Muizzu has grounded all Indian Dornier Aircrafts, till they are withdrawn within 15 March..
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