Lifeboat called to Cape Clear after local child has fall
The lifeboat arrived at North Harbour on Cape Clear at 5.40pm.
Baltimore RNLI were called out yesterday evening to a medical evacuation call involving a child on Cape Clear Island, off the coast of west Cork.
The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 5.20pm, following a request from the Irish Coast Guard to provide the evacuation for a child living on the island who had sustained an injury following a fall.
The lifeboat arrived at North Harbour on Cape Clear at 5.40pm and after a handover from the nurse on the island to one of the volunteer lifeboat crew members, the injured child was transferred onto the lifeboat, which returned to the station at Baltimore, arriving at 6.05pm.
Kate Callanan, Baltimore RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat press officer, said: “This was a very fast shout for our lifeboat crew with less than an hour from pagers going off to the lifeboat returning from the call.
“Please remember, should you get into difficulty or have a medical emergency at sea or on an island, call 999 or 112 and ask for the Coast Guard.”
There were six volunteer crew onboard the lifeboat, Coxswain Aidan Bushe, mechanic Jerry Smith and crew members Micheal Cottrell, Ollie O’Mahony, Stuart Musgrave and Brian McSweeney.
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