North lifeboat volunteers help sick man on Eigg By Richard Rooney December 22 2014, 12:34 pm December 22 2014, 12:34 pm Share North lifeboat volunteers help sick man on Eigg Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/438101/north-lifeboat-volunteers-help-sick-man-on-eigg/ Copy Link Fishers feel betrayed A West Highland lifeboat was launched last night to get a sick man to hospital from a remote island. The Mallaig lifeboat went out at about 10.30pm to transfer the man who was suffering from stomach pains to the mainland for hospital treatment. A locum doctor on the island raised the alarm last night with the lifeboat crew.