The Great North Air Ambulance (GNAAS) helicopter landed in Heaton 's Iris Brickfield park on Sunday evening.
GNAAS were responding to reports of a medical incident in the area - and a patient has now been conveyed to hospital by colleagues from the North East Ambulance Servic e (NEAS).
The Air Ambulance was called in shortly after 6.15pm, and arrived on the scene within twenty minutes, medics then assessed and treated the person affected.
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No further details about their condition are yet known.
A spokesperson for GNAAS told ChronicleLive: "Our teams were activated at 6.15pm this evening to reports of a medical incident in Heaton. They arrived at 6.34pm.
"They have assessed and treated a patient and the patient has been taken to hospital by the road ambulance team from North East Ambulance Service. Our team has accompanied them."
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