Woman airlifted after cardiac event

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At 8.30pm yesterday the Tauranga based Trustpower TECT Rescue helicopter was dispatched to Waihau Bay to pick up a 55-year-old Hicks Bay woman who was suffering a serious cardiac event.

The woman was transported by St John ambulance to Waihau Bay fire station to meet the rescue helicopter.

The woman was transported 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.