Tas: Man airlifted to hospital from remote bush track

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2005
Tas: Man airlifted to hospital from remote bush track

A man's been airlifted from a remote track in Tasmania's central highlands after becoming
ill on a hiking trip.

Emergency authorities received a call from a member of the man's party on a satellite
phone late this afternoon calling for medical help.

The party was at the Pelion Hut on the overland track near Cradle Mountain, north-west of Hobart.

The man was picked up by a rescue helicopter and taken to Launceston General Hospital
in a stable condition.

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KEYWORD: HICKER (HOBART)

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