Tauranga's Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter has had a busy week.
At 3pm on Wednesday, the rescue helicopter was called to Whakatane Hospital where a 49-year-old Whakatane man needed an emergency hospital transfer.
The rescue helicopter was then called back to Tauranga Hospital to transport a 14-year-old girl who required specialist surgery to Waikato Hospital.
The following morning at 4am, the helicopter was sent to the settlement of Hawai, east of Opotiki, where a 72-year-old local man had suffered a serious medical event. He was flown to Tauranga Hospital in a serious condition.
Later that morning the chopper transferred a 42-year-old man with a serious cardiac condition from Tauranga Hospital to Waikato Hospital for specialist treatment.
