Kidney patient airlifted from Long Lellang to Miri hospital following STOLport closure
KUCHING: A kidney patient requiring thrice-weekly dialysis treatment was airlifted from Long Lellang, Baram, to Miri today via a Fire and Rescue Department medical evacuation (Medevac) flight.
KUCHING: In a medical emergency, a kidney patient named Renai Iwat requiring regular dialysis was airlifted from Long Lellang to Miri Hospital on Tuesday via a specially chartered Fire and Rescue Department helicopter. The operation was initiated after Long Lellang's STOLport was closed temporarily for a helicopter crash investigation that took place on September 8.
Miri residents office requested the airlift as the patient needed follow-up treatment at Miri Hospital. A Mi-171 helicopter, commanded by Fire Officer I Ahmad Fissol Ismail and accompanied by eight air unit personnel, performed the special mission. The patient was transported from Long Lellang STOLport to Miri before being transferred to a Miri Hospital ambulance for ongoing treatment.
The emergency flight operation concluded at 12:12pm despite hazy conditions and visibility less than 5km.
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