Help needed to remove ring

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

An elderly woman was rushed into the city fire station yesterday afternoon in pain and distressed, unable to remove a ring from her ring finger.

A friend took the woman, whose finger was badly swollen, to the Fire and Emergency station at around 2.45pm.

A senior firefighter said they used specialist cutting gear to remove the ring from the woman’s ring finger.

“Getting the ring off was much to her relief and she was very grateful for our help.”