A 55-year-old Hicks Bay woman was airlifted to hospital last night who was having a serious cardiac event.
The Tauranga-based Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Waihau Bay at 10.30pm yesterday to pick her up.
The woman was transported by St John ambulance to Waihau Bay fire station to meet the rescue helicopter and was flown to Whakatane hospital in a serious condition.
The rescue helicopter was used because of the seriousness of the patients condition and the distance to hospital, the flight was completed using Night Vision equipment.