Urgent Shellharbour to Sydney medical flight

The Rescue Helicopter Service says it was called into Shellharbour on Monday afternoon.

At about 2.20pm, NSW Ambulance called it in for an urgent inter-hospital transfer, from Shellharbour Hospital to Royal North Shore Hospital.

A female in her 70s suffering a serious medical condition, was stabilised by the N-S-W Ambulance critical care paramedic, and a NSW Health doctor, from the helicopter’s critical care medical team, before being airlifted to Sydney.