On Saturday 09 January the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter crew performed a total of four rescue missions through out the day.
At 12.30pm the on-duty crew were tasked to airlift an unwell patient through to Rotorua Hospital The road ambulance crew transported patient to the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter base who had sustained a head injury.
Shortly after returning to base the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter was tasked to Tongariro National Park for a fractured ankle. The patient was flown through to Rotorua Hospital for further medical care.
Later on at 5pm, the crew was tasked to perform an inter-hospital transfer from Rotorua Hospital to Waikato Hospital.
Whilst returning from Waikato Hospital the crew was dispatched to Turangi for a woman who had sustained trauma. The patient was flown to Waikato Hospital with serious spinal injuries.
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