Rescue mission launched to help seriously injured man from ship in Port of Sunderland
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The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) was called to the East End site at 3.14pm today, Monday, July 19, after the man was reported to be hurt on board a cargo ship in East Hendon Dock.
The service sent an officer, two Hazardous Area Response Teams (Hart), a specialist paramedic and an ambulance crew and also called in a doctor from the Great North Air Ambulance, which arrived on scene by car.
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Hide AdThe doctor supported the patient as he was taken by road ambulance to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle for further treatment.
NEAS left the scene just before 5pm.