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Major emergency services response as cordon in place and person rushed to hospital
Major emergency services response as cordon in place and person rushed to hospital
Ambulance staff delivered 'critical care support' before transferring the patient to hospital
Crime scene investigators spent the rest of the day collecting evidence from inside the property
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Emergency services rushed to a property in a Welsh city and delivered "critical care support" to a patient inside.
Police and ambulance attended the scene of a medical emergency at an address in Lliswerry Road in Newport shortly before 7am. on Saturday, June 7 Experienced medical staff and a Cymru High Acuity Response Unit treated one person at the scene before transferring them to hospital for further treatment.
A cordon was in place at the property
(Image: Mark Lewis )
After the patient had been transferred to hospital Gwent Police officers put a cordon around the property as crime scene investigators worked inside. This cordon remains in place.
Those living in neighbouring properties said from 10am their doors were knocked by police who were asking for doorbell camera footage.
Police have yet to provide a statement on the incident
(Image: Mark Lewis )
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A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: "We were called on Saturday at approximately 6.58am to reports of a medical emergency on Lliswerry Road, Newport.
"We sent one emergency ambulance, two operations managers, and one Cymru High Acuity Response Unit to the scene.
"Advanced critical care support was delivered by the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service in a Wales Air Ambulance charity car.
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"One patient was conveyed to hospital for further treatment."
Gwent Police has not responded to repeated requests for comment.
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