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Revision as of 12:50, 9 February 2010
International SOS provides medical assistance, health-care, security and risk management services to corporations, governments, and individuals. Founded in 1985 as AEA International, International SOS now has 6000 employees, and carries out approximately one million medical and security interventions a year, including around 12,000 evacuations and repatriations [1]
Organisation
International SOS has twelve regional centres – in Beijing, Dubai, Jakarta, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Philadelphia, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo – as well as a network of alarm centres. The centres are staffed by physicians, operations managers, multilingual coordinators and logistics support personnel[2]. Approximately 33 percent of the organisation’s total workforce are medical professionals.[3] The organisation often uses hospitals accredited by international accreditation groups, such as JCI in Singapore and Trent Accreditation Scheme in Hong Kong.
History
AEA International was founded in 1985 by Pascal Rey-Herme and Arnaud Vaissié. The organisation focused specifically on providing medical care and consulting services to multinational companies operating in Asia Pacific. Over the following decade, the company grew from its base in Singapore and Indonesia into a pan-Asian corporation, creating operating companies in Hong Kong, Australia, Japan and mainland China. In 1995, AEA International launched subsidiaries in France and the USA. In 1998, AEA International acquired International SOS Assistance, creating the largest medical assistance company in the world. For a while, it was known as AEA International SOS. The organisation was renamed International SOS in 1999.[4]
In July 2008, International SOS launched a "strategic alliance" with rival Control Risks, to offer combined medical and security services.[5]
Duty of Care
International SOS assists organisations with developing integrated, strategic risk management programs helping to fulfill Duty of Care[6] obligations within the context of travel risk management. International SOS helps plan, organise and develop an appropriate strategy to minimise risk and to protect human assets.
Event Assistance
In the past two decades, International SOS has provided medical and security services to a number of mass-participant events, such as the Olympic Games in Beijing, Athens, Sydney and The Paralympics, the South East Asian Games, ASEAN Games, East Asian Games in Hong Kong, various Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summits, and others.[7]
See also
References
- ^ International SOS - Medical and Security Solutions, Products and Assistance
- ^ International SOS Alarm Centers Around the World
- ^ International SOS Staff: doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, security experts & aviation specialists
- ^ International SOS History - Providing worldwide medical assistance for 20 years
- ^ Continuity Central - International SOS and Control Risks form joint venture
- ^ International SOS - Duty of Care
- ^ International SOS supports East Asian Games with emergency medical, repatriation and travel assistance