6 April 2011

In fact, the Starship Air Ambulance Service has helped bring children in need of treatment out of Christchurch, following the earthquake. 42 patients in 44 hours were flown out of the city by air ambulances including the Star Ship Air Ambulance.

Starship specialist retrieval teams typically have just a matter of hours to bring a patient back to Auckland for care in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and many patients require specialist medical care and ventilation to stay alive on the trip back to the hospital.

John Beca, Clinical Director of Starship’s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit said: “The Air Ambulance Service is critical to transferring seriously ill children from around the country to Starship and we could not provide the service for New Zealand children without the generous support of companies such as Bakers Delight and their customers.”

Scott Paterson, Country Manager New Zealand at Bakers Delight added: “Easter is by far our busiest time of the year, so it’s a great opportunity to give back to Starship Children’s Hospital.

“We’re hoping to surpass our Bundraiser fundraising effort from last year and we’ll be busy baking to achieve that. We encourage all our customers to make their hot cross bun purchase count on April 9.”

For 31 years Bakers Delight bakers have been hand crafting hot cross buns with real care. This year bakers will be baking fresh each day traditional, fruitless, choc chip and mocha varieties. To locate your local Bakers Delight visit www.bakersdelight.co.nz.

About the Starship Air Ambulance
The Starship Air Ambulance Service flies top medical specialists to life-threatening emergencies around New Zealand varying from normal childhood illnesses to accidents (drowning, car crashes and sporting injuries). Children suffering from heart conditions, seizures and meningitis also regularly receive air ambulance assistance. Specialists stabilise the children and allow them to be brought safely to Starship where they can receive the care they need

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