Oil worker flown from North Sea platform with suspected pneumonia By December 24 2014, 9:02 pm December 24 2014, 9:02 pm Share Oil worker flown from North Sea platform with suspected pneumonia Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/440378/oil-worker-flown-north-sea-platform-suspected-pneumonia/ Copy Link Shetland Coastguard were called at around 7pm A worker is being flown for treatment from a North Sea oil platform said to be suffering from pneumonia. Shetland Coastguard got the call from the Bruce Platform, 240 miles north-east of Aberdeen just after 8pm. They deployed their helicopter, Rescue-102, to pick up the worker and transfer him to Shetland’s Gilbert Bain Hospital. A spokesman for the coastguard said he had “suspected pneumonia”. He added: “We got the call at 8.10pm from the Bruce platform. He’s being taken to Shetland for treatment.” They are expected to arrive in Shetland at around 10pm.
