A trio of medical emergencies kept the Westpac Rescue Helicopter busy at the weekend.
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The air ambulance service was twice called to transfer patients at Northern Tablelands hospitals who were in need of higher-level care to bigger hospitals on Friday night and Saturday morning. It flew a third patient on Sunday.
The service was called to assist with a medical transfer for a 65-year-old woman overnight on Friday.
She was airlifted in a stable condition to the Tamworth hospital.
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Just hours later, the helicopter service was called a second time, tasked with making an urgent medical transfer for a woman in a critical condition.
The helicopter airlifted a 37-year-old woman suffering from a serious medical condition at the Armidale hospital, flying her to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital.
On Sunday, the helicopter service was tasked with assisting a patient at the Glen Innes hospital.
The 50-year-old man was flown to Lismore hospital in an unknown condition.
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