Month: April 2023

CalvinAir Helicopters Brings Urlings Fisherman Home for Rehabilitation and Recovery

The Big Stories – Antigua Observer

Ruan Roberts, the Urlings fisherman who was recently medically airlifted to Guadeloupe by CalvinAir Helicopters has returned home. CalvinAir Helicopters picked up the patient, who had undergone treatment for decompression sickness at the University Hospital of Guadeloupe, late Saturday afternoon, right after he had completed the last round of treatment.

April 25, 2023
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CalvinAir Helicopters medevacs another “Round South” resident suffering from the “bends”

Antigua News Room & Antigua Observer

After performing the emergency medical evacuation of an Old Road resident, just over a month ago, CalvinAir Helicopters was once again taking the exact half-hour flight route to Guadeloupe for the same purpose. On this occasion, the patient on board was 32-year-old Ruan Roberts, a local entrepreneur and fisherman from Urlings, who was diagnosed with acute decompression sickness by doctors at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC).

April 17, 2023
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