SEATTLE (Yosefardi) – When a worker on a remote island in the South Pacific had a heart attack, a physician and a nurse were there from Remote Medical International to treat his symptoms. Within hours, Remote Medical operations specialists back at the company’s Seattle headquarters secured a plane and a crew to fly the man 2,400 miles to a Honolulu hospital for treatment, where he survived.
A U.S. medical station in Antarctica wanted to consolidate from multiple sub-contractors into a seamless, integrated operation. Remote Medical set up 24-hour telemedicine consultants for physicians on the ground and built two ambulances custom-designed for the arctic conditions.
Remote Medical International offers comprehensive medical services tailored to its clients’ needs and has served companies and individuals in remote locations on every continent. Now, with $8 million from a Seattle investment firm, Remote Medical will broaden its global reach, enter new markets and secure a unique advantage in the competitive field of remote medical services.
The new capital is coming from Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Management, which already owns 23 hospitals in India, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia through a related company, Columbia Asia. In an innovative partnership, Remote Medical will use Columbia Asia hospitals as its base of operations in Asia.