LifeFlight chopper rescues man after scaffold fall
A man has been flown to Bundaberg hospital after falling from scaffolding on a private property in the Gladstone region.
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A man has been flown to hospital after falling three metres off scaffolding on a private property.
LifeFlight said in a statement its Bundaberg aeromedical crew was on Thursday tasked by Retrieval Services Queensland to a private property in the Gladstone region at 12pm and landed nearby.
“The LifeFlight critical care doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) flight paramedic treated the man for head injuries,” the statement read.
“The patient, aged in his 70s, was airlifted to Bundaberg Hospital in a stable condition.”
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