Flagship Global Health to Provide Medical Evacuation Services to Organizations Serving Children in Need

NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Flagship Global Health (OTC: FGHH.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: FGHH.OB) announces a partnership with both Healing the Children and Changing Children's Lives to provide medical evacuation services and travel support. Both organizations send medical and surgical teams abroad to serve children in remote areas of the world. Flagship will support these missions by providing its Emergency Care Direct(TM) services to members and volunteers of both organizations. Emergency Care Direct(TM) includes a 24/7 emergency support hotline staffed by medical personnel and includes translations services in over 140 languages; a medical emergency card that provides instant on-line access to the card holder's personal health history; and global medical air evacuation to their home hospital or a hospital best equipped to provide the appropriate level of treatment.

"We are thrilled to be able to support the safe travel of medical and surgical teams to care for these children throughout the world and we are glad that these most discerning travelers have chosen to work with Flagship to ensure the success of their important medical mission," says Benjamin Safirstein, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Flagship Global Health.

About Healing the Children

Since 1979, Healing the Children volunteers have changed the lives of more than 146,000 children. Working with clinical staff from institutions such as Yale, Columbia, and New York University, Healing the Children has grown to one of the premier providers of medical teams abroad programs. Today, 13 Healing the Children chapters operate in 24 states and there are approved foreign contacts in many countries. Children have come from Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Croatia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Vietnam, Zaire, and many countries in Central and South America and Caribbean Island nations.

"We are pleased to enter into a partnership with Flagship Global Health to meet the travel support needs of our medical teams abroad," says Angie Glick, Vice President, Healing the Children.

"Flagship's 24/7 clinical call center support and Global Health ID coupled with outstanding medical evacuation service provide the solution our organization was seeking for Healing the Children's physician and nurse volunteers."

About Changing Children's Lives

Changing Children's Lives was founded in 2007 as a non-profit philanthropic organization. Their main purpose is to send qualified medical teams to developing nations in order to benefit children, usually through plastic surgical procedures. Changing Children's Lives mission is to offer life-altering surgeries to children of developing nations. These cost-free reconstructive operations not only serve the host country's youth, but also give the host country's medical professionals the opportunity to improve their skills and expertise. These treatments are usually for cleft lip and palate, congenital and traumatic facial deformities and burns, and also include congenital hand surgery and various other operations. Based in New Haven, Connecticut U.S.A., CCL is composed of a spectrum of highly trained and experienced health care providers. Teams are comprised of plastic surgeons, anesthesiologists, pediatricians, nurses, and other allied health members.

"After carefully reviewing several services Flagship offered the most comprehensive and competitively priced product to fit our needs," Mark H. Weinstein, MD Founder and Director, Changing Children's Lives, Inc. "We are excited to work with an organization that can benefit our cause."

About Flagship Global Health

Flagship Global Health is an international health assurance company that provides health management and emergency support resources typically not available through conventional medical insurance. Through membership plans such as Specialist Care Direct(TM), Emergency Care One(TM) and Emergency Care Direct(TM), the company provides access to specialized resources that help members achieve the best possible outcome in any medical situation. For more information on Flagship Global Health, visit the company website at: http://www.flagshipglobalhealth.com/