Life-saving chopper missions

Over the month of September, the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter carried out 67 life-saving missions in the Waikato, King Country, Coromandel and surrounding areas.

Those missions included 35 interhospital transfers, eight rural or farmrelated incidents, six motor vehicle accidents, and a significant increase of medical events with 18 incidents, which was a 157 per cent increase compared to last month.

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was commonly spotted in Whitianga, Matamata, and Taupō. Additionally, they completed a high number of missions in the Coromandel region, accounting for 21 per cent of total missions.

On Friday, September 23, the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Kāwhia for a male in his 80s who had sustained multiple injuries after falling off a horse. The patient was taken to Waikato Hospital for further treatment.

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