An East Anglian Air Ambulance has landed in Christchurch Park for a medical emergency.
A spokesman for the service said: “We were tasked at 11.26am to Ipswich to assist with a medical emergency.”
“East Anglian Air Ambulance’s Norwich helicopter was tasked at 11.24am to Ipswich to assist EEAST and fire teams with a man in his fifties who suffered a medical emergency. “Babcock pilots landed the helicopter on a nearby park at 11.50.
“Doctor Guy Ohringer, HEMS Paramedic Sam Sweeney and supervising doctor Rob Major gave the patient a full assessment and delivered critical care interventions at the scene.” The man involved was taken by land ambulance to Ipswich Hospital.
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