BY LIFE-BOAT AND AEROPLANE TO HOSPITAL Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 11.5 in the morning of the 12th of March, 1947, the Medical Officer of Health telephoned that a girl, dangerously ill with meningi- tis in Lerwick Hospital must be taken to Glasgow to be treated with the new drug Stryptomycin. An air ambulance was standing ready at Sumburgh Air- port, but the roads were impassable with snow and the child could not be got to the airport. It was agreed to take her in the motor life-boat and the Lady Jane and Martha Ryland left at 12.10 that afternoon with the patient, her father and a nurse on board. The weather was cold with a northerly breeze and a rough sea. She landed them at Grutness at 2.20 and after taking on board newspapers, milk and stranded air passengers, she returned to Lerwick, arriving at 5.5 that after- noon.—Rewards, £14, which were paid by the Department of Health for Scotland..