Shetland coastguard was called out this morning, Friday 5th March, for a medical transfer.
The call came into the coast guard’s office at around 8.45am and a crew was dispatched to Unst to transfer a person back to Lerwick for medical reasons.
The operation was completed at around 10.30am.
No information regarding the nature of the medical problem, or patient details have been released.
UHI Shetland has paid tributes to a “kind and sincere” colleague who has died aged 58.
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Stuart Prestidge
