Copter crew saved premature twins

Mar 16 2010

The parents of premature twins flown 200 miles for life-saving hospital treatment have thanked a Royal Navy helicopter crew for their help.

It took a crew from HMS Gannet a near nine-hour round trip to pick up the pair from Stornoway in the Western Isles and take them to a specialist baby unit in Glasgow after they were born six weeks early.

The pair weighed just 2.22kg and 2.69kg respectively when they were born on Thursday, March 11, and needed specialist hospital treatment.