PNG Helicopter rescues jungle triplets

Gile Sayiyong carries her babies in a bilum after landing at Lae heliport.

Tribal fighting stranded Gile Sayiyong for six days without medical help after giving birth to triplets.

The smallest of Gile Sayiyong's triplets weighs barely one kilogram.

Janet Kums retained her placenta for four days before being transported to hospital.

Pilot Jurgen Ruh holds a baby alongside the parents, helicopter and hospital staff.

A young boy is treated in the helicopter. Running the service is tough with payment for a medivac taking up to a year or not coming at all.

Sixteen year old Maggie John is carried to the helicopter. Finding pilots to work in the rugged terrain is a challenge.

Teenager Maggie John is transported from Samarai District, Urua.

Maggie John, 16, is treated at Alotau Hospital, Milne Bay.

Marinda Inia's baby was lying sideways and she had to have a transverse lie operation before giving birth to her son David.

Marinda Inia's newborn son David weighs 2.134 kilograms.

A boy is treated at Angau Memorial Hospital after being flown in by Manalos Aviation.

A boy from Morobe Province is ready to be discharged from hospital.

Maternal mortality is high in PNG and most of Manalos Aviation's medivacs are female patients.

Nomengga Village locals help a Medivac Nurse to remove a placenta that was inside patient, Janet Kum, for four days. Most of Manalos Aviation's medivacs are obstetric or gynaecology-related