OUT of 191 missions flown by the Westpac Helicopter Rescue Service in the three months from December to January, only three were in response to calls from the west Lake area.
The helicopter, sent to transport a person believed to have been bitten by a red belly black snake, was recalled enroute when it was found that the patient had been bitten by a redback spider and did not require the service.
A man, 33, was flown from Morisset to John Hunter Hospital suffering fractures sustained in a motor vehicle accident on February 4.
Ten days later, a motorcyclist was flown from a Cooranbong bike track to John Hunter Hospital after paramedics were winched down to treat the 40-year-old man who had suffered suspected spinal injuries.
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