{"id":23492,"date":"2025-12-27T18:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T10:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=23492"},"modified":"2025-12-27T18:10:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T10:10:35","slug":"rsaf-airlifts-cruise-ship-passenger-in-need-of-medical-attention-to-sgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=23492","title":{"rendered":"RSAF airlifts cruise ship passenger in need of medical attention to SGH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE &#8211;<!-- --> A cruise ship passenger who needed urgent medical attention was on <!-- -->Dec 26<!-- --> airlifted by the <!-- -->Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)<!-- --> to hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The passenger was taken to <!-- -->Singapore General Hospital (SGH) f<!-- -->or treatment, and was reported conscious and in stable condition, said the RSAF in a <!-- -->Facebook<!-- --> post on <!-- -->Dec 26.<!-- --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A <!-- -->Rescue 10 H225M Medium Lift Helicopte<!-- -->r was deployed for the rescue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cWe wish the patient a speedy recovery, and extend our appreciation to our RSAF crew and healthcare workers who stand ready 24\/7 to save lives,\u201d said the RSAF. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A photo of the rescue shows the helicopter hovering over the cruise\u2019s helipad at sea. In other photos, the helicopter is seen landing in a grassy area, with medical personnel nearby ready with a stretcher. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">According to the RSAF website, the RSAF has a<!-- --> 24\/7 search-and-rescue team called the Rescue 10<!-- -->, which is activated to evacuate people at sea who need immediate medical attention to hospitals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On <!-- -->Nov 9, 2024,<!-- --> the Rescue 10 unit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/rsaf-airlifts-sick-crewman-from-bulk-carrier-to-hospital?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">airlifted a sick crewman aboard a bulk carrier,<\/p>\n<p><\/a> which was about 111km off the coast of Singapore, to SGH. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Singapore\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Singapore<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for RSAF\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">RSAF<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Cruises\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Cruises<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for SGH\/Singapore General Hospital\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">SGH\/Singapore General Hospital<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/cruise-ship-passenger-in-need-of-medical-attention-airlifted-by-rsaf-to-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; A cruise ship passenger who needed urgent medical attention was on Dec 26 airlifted by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}