Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter

Lying on the side of the road, 32 weeks pregnant, bleeding from the mouth and able to feel neither her legs nor her baby moving, Rebecca Guest felt pretty desperate, but hearing two Otago Rescue Helicopters arrive on the scene of the two-car collision at Lindis Crossing changed all that.

Former All Black Kees Meeuws has challenged pupils at St Mary's Primary School in Milton to raise money to support rescue helicopter services.

Otago Regional Rescue helicopters were busy yesterday evening, with callouts to two rural accidents within half an hour.

A 53-year-old man was flown to Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries yesterday after the tractor he was driving rolled off Macraes Rd, near Shag Valley Back Rd, about 1pm.

The sound of an ice cream van playing a jolly tune as it dishes out tasty treats generally creates an air of excitement among children.

The South Island Neurosurgical Service expert panel's call for a review of patient-recovery and related patient-transport services across the island has drawn no comment at this stage from Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust chairman Ross Black.

Central Otago Lions club members presented a donation to the Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust at Mosgiel yesterday.

Services the Otago Rescue Helicopter provides to rural Otago were acknowledged yesterday in Lawrence, when a $35,000 cheque was given to the Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust.

The Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust fundraiser held in Lawrence recently has exceeded expectations by raising more than $48,000.

St John paramedic Andrew Duncan and an injured mountain biker are winched up to the Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter in Dunedin yesterday.