Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan plans to organize medical aviation that meets European standards.

On the sidelines of the Uzbek-French business forum, which took place in Samarkand, the Minister of Health of Uzbekistan Amirullo Inoyatov held a meeting with the management of Airbus Helicopters.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the prospects for the purchase of 10 Airbus H-145 medical helicopters for the emergency medical care system of Uzbekistan.

Issues of organizing medical aviation in Uzbekistan that meet European standards, creating the necessary material and technical base and training specialists in this field, as well as mechanisms for organizing medical aviation services in mountainous and inaccessible areas were also considered.