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Article: Tackling DVT on long-haul flights
- Article from:
- The Malay Mail
- Article date:
- May 14, 2001
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THE United Arab Emirates' airlines, Emirates, is among the first
airlines to respond to worldwide fears of deep vein thrombosis
(DVT).
This is an illness which results in bloodclotting of the legs,
and is caused by long periods of sitting still.
Emirates, as of last month, provides every passenger on its long-
haul flights with an exercise device, proven to boost blood
circulation in the legs.
It is none other than the Airogym, scientifically tested to
tackle DVT.
According to the company's medical services head, Dr Alasdair