The Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) search-and-rescue unit Rescue 10 was activated on Friday (July 10) night to evacuate a man onboard a ship who required urgent medical attention.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post on Saturday, RSAF said its personnel “safely airlifted” the patient to the new helipad at Singapore General Hospital (SGH).\u00a0<\/p>\n
An eyewitness, Andrew Ong, said he sighted the helicopter approaching SGH at about 10.35pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A video posted by Ong shows the helicopter descending towards the new helipad, with emergency vehicles seen waiting near the landing area.<\/p>\n
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While the old helipad along MacAlister Road is a grassland clearing, the new helipad is a constructed facility along College Road, in vicinity of SGH’s new emergency department.<\/p>\n
In a social media post dated June 1, SGH said it had held a medical evacuation exercise with the RSAF to strengthen their readiness to respond swiftly during critical emergencies.<\/p>\n
According to RSAF, the male patient was “conscious and in a stable condition” when he was handed over to the medical staff from SGH.<\/p>\n
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“We salute our RSAF aircrew and SGH’s healthcare professionals, who stand ready around the clock when called upon,” the post stated.<\/p>\n
What is Rescue 10<\/h2>\n
The RSAF maintains a 24\/7 unit, callsign Rescue 10, to respond to life-saving missions at short notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They are often scrambled to evacuate personnel who require immediate medical attention to hospitals, including from civilian vessels in the vicinity of Singapore.<\/p>\n
The aircraft used, a H225M medium lift helicopter<\/a>, achieved full operational capability in April 2024.<\/p>\n According to the Ministry of Defence, it has a range in excess of 400nm (740km).<\/p>\n [[nid:735746]]<\/p>\n editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) search-and-rescue unit Rescue 10 was activated on Friday (July 10) night to evacuate a man onboard a ship…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67879,"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-67878","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\/67878","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=67878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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