Monday 29 June 2020

BREAKING! Rescue Helicopter Transporting Premature Twins To John Hunter

BY IAN CROUCH

The Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter has been called to Stockton to rendezvous with two ambulances transporting a set of twins born prematurely on Monday morning at Tanilba Bay

The chopper's Critical Care Medical Team have been flown in to Stockton to meet the two ambulances. The team has split up to travel with each of the twins to the John Hunter Hospital who are reported to be in a critical condition.

The Rescue Helicopter was also called to two remote walking trails over the weekend to rescue injured walkers .

They were sent to the Yaccaba Trail near Hawks Nest on Saturday afternoon, where a 62-year-old man had seriously injured his legs in a fall.

He was winched to safety before being flown to the John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.

A 63-year-old woman had to be winched from a track near Martindale on Sunday after suffering a knee injury.

And, a 13-year-old boy has been flown to the John Hunter for specialist treatment after coming off his bike on a property at Carrol near Gunnedah and hitting a barbed wire fence at 80 kilometres per hour.

He suffered multiple injuries and lacerations in the crash.