PORTLAND Coastguard helicopter was scrambled to a diver suffering from decompression sickness off Swanage Bay earlier today.
The male diver was rushed to the decompression chamber at Poole Hospital after showing signs of the potentially fatal condition.
A spokesman from Portland Coastguard said the skipper of the dive boat Skua made a call requesting urgent assistance at 12.24pm.
Portland Coastguard Rescue helicopter 106 flew the diver to the landing site at Whitecliff where he was transported to hospital by land ambulance.
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