Coast Guard assists sick Vineyard man

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A 68-year-old man who became ill on Martha’s Vineyard was flown off the island to a Boston hospital early Thursday morning by a Coast Guard air crew. The Coast Guard 1st District Command Center was notified at midnight by Martha’s Vineyard Hospital that the man had internal bleeding and needed immediate transportation to a mainland medical facility, according to the Coast Guard.

SOURCE: Hospital Administration News – Read entire story here.

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