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Chopper carries out patient transfer

The Shetland based Coastguard rescue helicopter.  (Picture: Craig Taylor)
The Shetland based Coastguard rescue helicopter.
(Picture: Craig Taylor)

A Shetland based Coastguard search and rescue helicopter was in Orkney yesterday, Sunday.

According to a spokesman for Shetland Coastguard, the chopper was called in to carry out the transfer of a medical patient from Westray to Kirkwall, for onward treatment at the Balfour Hospital.