{
  "id": 6603835,
  "title": "Kidney patient airlifted from Long Lellang to Miri hospital following STOLport closure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/kidney-patient-airlifted-from-long-lellang-to-miri-hospital-following",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-10T15:32:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1530125/kidney-patient-airlifted-long-lellang-miri-hospital-following-stolport"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [
    "Renai Iwat, kidney patient, airlifted from Long Lellang",
    "STOLport closed for helicopter crash investigation on September 8",
    "Mi-171 helicopter transported patient to Miri Hospital"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}