Arranmore RNLI volunteer crew remove patient from lifeboat to get to hospital

The Arranmore RNLI volunteer crew is experiencing a busy time with the third call-out this week.

The crew were asked to assist in a medical evacuation from the island at 4pm today on Wednesday.

The patient was transferred from the lifeboat to a waiting ambulance at Burtonport and then to Letterkenny University Hospital.

Crew on board the lifeboat were coxswain Jimmy Early, relief mechanic Reamon O’Donnell, Seán Gallagher, John Mc Hugh, John Boyle, Sharon O’Donnell, and Brian Proctor.

“It is busy but that is the nature of emergency services, you can go days without a call and then there’s quite a few,” Coxswain Jimmy Early said. “Whatever the time of day or night we are always on call and ready to respond whenever the lifeboat is needed.”