The Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter was tasked at 11 am on Wednesday 18 April to transport a 36-year-old spinal patient from Tauranga to the Spinal Unit at Middlemore Hospital.
Shortly after returning to Tauranga, the rescue helicopter was dispatched to Te Kaha Medical Centre, where a 59-year-old male was suffering a medical condition that required immediate hospital care.
He was airlifted to Waikato Hospital for treatment.

Philips Rescue Helicopters, Trust Power TECT Rescue Helicopter base, Tauranga, Wednesday 26 April 2017. Photo: Stephen Barker/Barker Photography.
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