Arranmore RNLI carries out late night medical evacuation

The volunteer Arranmore RNLI crew responded to a call at 10.50pm last night to assist in a medical evacuation from the island. 

The patient was subsequently transferred from the lifeboat to a waiting ambulance in Burtonport for assessment in Letterkenny University Hospital.

Crew on board the lifeboat were: Relief Coxswain Sean Curtin, Relief mechanic and Deputy Launch Authority John McCafferty, Julie Savoie, Aisling Cox, Sharon O’Donnell, JJ O’Donnell and Finbar Gallagher.

John Mc Cafferty said: “We are a twenty four hour emergency service, serving the Arranmore Community and wider coastal areas of the northwest since 1883. We are happy to respond to calls for assistance whatever the time day or night, on behalf of the crew I would like to wish the patient a speedy recovery.”