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Sick children urgently flown to hospital

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Two young Bay of Plenty children were flown to hospital in separate rapid response flights. Photo/file

Two young Bay of Plenty children were flown to hospital in separate rapid response flights. Photo/file

Two young Bay of Plenty children were flown to hospital in separate emergency flights this week.

The Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter flew an 8-year-old Whakatane girl to Tauranga Hospital with serious bleeding after tonsil surgery.
The following day, a 7-month old boy needed specialist surgery for an abscess which was
causing breathing difficulties. . He was flown to Waikato Hospital, accompanied by his grandmother.

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