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06 Sept 2025
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06 Sept 2025
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Irish Coast Guard
The Coast Guard Helicopter, Rescue 118 has been unable to land at Sligo University Hospital as the helipad requires remedial works.
The HSE has confirmed that CHC, the Canadian firm which carries out Search and Rescue operations on behalf of the the Coastguard recently carried out an assessment of the helipad at the hospital.
The 118 has been involved in many crucial operations off the coast recently and the fact that they now will have to land at Sligo Airport and transfer to hospital by ambulance will mean losing at least ten vital minutes before the patient can be treated by hospital staff.
The HSE did not clarify how long it would take to resolve the works needed but said that the scale of work required “isn't significant."
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