Stromness RNLI lifeboat launch to sick crew member aboard Spanish fishing vessel
Stromness volunteer lifeboat crew took RNLI lifeboat, Violet Dorothy and Kathleen, fifty miles west of Orkney yesterday to the aid of a Spanish fisherman reporting chest pains.
The volunteer lifeboat crew stood by as the man was lifted from the deck of the fishing vessel by the coastguard helicopter.
They were then able to render a small but vital assistance by transferring the patient's gear and documents (especially the all-important passport) to the Seaman's Mission in Stromness.
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