Back-to-back night missions for Rotorua's BayTrust Rescue Helicopter this weekend

The BayTrust Rescue Helicopter in action on Friday night. Photo/Supplied

The BayTrust Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to two overnight emergencies requiring night vision goggles on Friday night.

The Rotorua-based helicopter was called to airlift an 11-month-old girl from Rotorua Hospital to Starship Hospital at 8.30pm.

She required emergency surgery for a serious medical condition.

Not long after arriving back at base, the rescue helicopter was dispatched once again, this time to Minginui.

A young woman had delivered a baby and required urgent medical care.

She was flown to Rotorua Hospital.

Meanwhile, the Tauranga-based Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter was dispatched at 8.15am on Saturday to Potaka, near Lottin Point, north of Te Kaha.

The Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter in Potaka. Photo/Supplied

A 40-year-old man had suffered a stroke at his home.

He was stablised at the scene by paramedics before being flown to Whakatane Hospital in a serious condition.