Flying doctors to the rescue

It started off with doctors airlifting patients requiring urgent medical attention to their base at the Maralal Hospital in the heart of Kenya, and now the doctors actually fly to the villages to offer medical aid. Temporary huts are provided to house family members of the patients, and the method has become popular to provide aid to Kenyans in far flung parts of the country away from any medical facilities. Look at the slideshow link from the page. The concept is even catching up in India, but it seems to be restricted to the urban population so far.

A related article is about the extensive brain drain that occurs from developing countries. Young doctors take the training and then relocate to other parts of world, leaving the countries that require most medical attention without any. The link.

And here's how China solved the problem. Mao Zedong set up a program to send skilled doctors and nurses into the heartlands of China to provide healthcare to the peasants, and the program is still functional. The link.