Car crashes to chainsaw mishaps: a month in the life of the Greenlea rescue helicopter

Car crashes to chainsaw mishaps: a month in the life of the Greenlea rescue helicopter
16 Dec, 2020 07:29 PM
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The Greenlea rescue helicopter. Photo / Supplied
Laurilee McMichael is editor of the Taupo & Turangi Weekenderlaurilee.mcmichael@nzme.co.nzTaupoWeekender
A quieter fortnight for Taupō's Greenlea rescue helicopter over late November began with a very busy weekend.
The rescue helicopter's crews have had a record-breaking 2020, surpassing their previous full year's callouts back in October.
In the middle weekend of November, the helicopter was called out eight times in three days.
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The busy November weekend began on the morning of Friday, November 13, when the Greenlea rescue helicopter was dispatched to a single-car crash on the Desert Rd. A passenger in his 40s was treated at the scene and transported to Rotorua Hospital with moderate injuries. Later that evening the crew transported a patient in her 60s from Rotorua to Waikato Hospital for specialist care following a medical event.

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