A 52 year old man was flown to the Gold Coast University Hospital yesterday afternoon following a fall from scaffolding near Byron Bay.
NSW Ambulance Paramedics and the Westpac Helicopter Critical Care Medical Team treated and stabilised the man for pelvic injuries after he had fallen three meters off scaffolding on a property in Ewingsdale.
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called by NSW Ambulance at 2.20pm yesterday afternoon and airlifted the man directly to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition for further treatment.
Where did the helicopter land? On that open land near Ewingsdale Hall?
I thought for some unknown reason…that big beautiful new hospital we got in Byron sadly had no room for a helicopter landing spot? The Mullumbimby Hospital, on what seems a much smaller site, had one. Strange omission for our new hospital.