Lochinver lifeboat and rescue helicopter respond to emergency at Scoraig

A lifeboat and a coastguard helicopter were sent to reach a seriously ill person in Scoraig; paramedics were ferried by lifeboat and the person was airlifted to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.

A lifeboat and a coastguard helicopter were dispatched after an alarm was raised for a seriously ill person on Scoraig, a remote peninsula on the west coast. Scoraig has no road access and is reachable only by boat or by a several-mile walk. The lifeboat from Lochinver carried two Scottish Ambulance Service paramedics to the community. After paramedics reached the casualty, a coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Stornoway airlifted the person to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. Key facts: - An alarm was raised at Scoraig reporting a seriously ill person. - Lochinver lifeboat ferried two Scottish Ambulance Service paramedics to the community. - A coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Stornoway airlifted the person to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. - The person's condition was reported as unknown. Summary: The coordinated response allowed paramedics to reach a remote community and for the patient to be transferred to hospital. Undetermined at this time.