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renewed his call for a locally based air ambulance for Orkney:</i></p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"This comes as the
procurement of a new contract for the national air ambulance
service gets underway.</div>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Scottish Ambulance
Service currently operate two fixed wing aircraft based at
Aberdeen Airport and Glasgow Airport, along with two helicopters
based in Glasgow and Inverness. In recent years, SAS has also been
able to incorporate the use of Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance
(SCAA) helicopters based at Perth Airport and in Aberdeen.</div>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">While the additional
capacity created by the inclusion of the SCAA aircraft has been
very welcome and proved to be a genuine “lifesaver”, Mr McArthur
believes the re-tendering of the air ambulance contract presents
an opportunity to look again at providing increased and improved
cover for communities across the far north of Scotland and the
islands.</div>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">More in next week’s edition
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.orcadian.co.uk/mcarthur-calls-for-locally-based-air-ambulance">https://www.orcadian.co.uk/mcarthur-calls-for-locally-based-air-ambulance</a>.</p>
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