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Special Report - Health Care - June 21, 2012
Northwest MedStar adds Palouse base
Critical care air transport service opens a fourth site in region for adult patients

By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business

Northwest MedStar, the Spokane-based air ambulance transport service, is opening a helicopter base for adult patients in the Pullman-Moscow region, citing the Palouse's growing population.

The new base will be MedStar's fourth. In addition to Spokane, it also has operations in Moses Lake and the Tri-Cities.

MedStar expects to begin operating the medical helicopter base with a crew in the Pullman-Moscow area this month, at first with 12-hour coverage, although an exact...


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