Scapa Flow diver taken to hospital

A diver from the local dive boat Radiant Queen was transferred to hospital yesterday, Tuesday, after getting into difficulties in Scapa Flow.

A Coastguard spokesman said that they were first contacted around 9.30am yesterday morning, informing them of the incident.

Stromness Coastguard Rescue Team was tasked to Houton to meet the boat, to assist in the transfer of the diver to an ambulance, before it took the patient to the Balfour Hospital.