stretcher
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The family started a GoFundMe page, which has raised £40,000 to cover his flight to Athens and then a specialist flight home to Peterborough City Hospital, during which he had to remain on a stretcher.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Videos shared by Ukrainian emergency services on Telegram showed rescue workers and civilians carrying a woman out of an apartment building on a stretcher, her body covered in dust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
A medical worker carrying a stretcher told AFP that the hospital morgue was full.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Kone, though, despite suffering an injury that has ended his World Cup, lifted his thumb to the crowd as he was taken off on a stretcher.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Room 22 is just big enough to accommodate the stretcher.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
AFP journalists at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital saw several adults and children being carried in on stretchers or by their arms and legs.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
Footage aired on Al Jazeera showed Palestinian casualties being taken on stretchers in ambulances Saturday morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2025
Medics took people out of the station on stretchers and in wheelchairs, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025
On homemade stretchers, in wheelbarrows, on carts, slung across shoulders, and clenched tight in arms.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Former Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe was stretchered off the course during the women's halfpipe qualifiers at the Milan-Cortina Games on Thursday after suffering a heavy fall.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
A celebratory evening for the hosts was marred by the sight of England striker Michelle Agyemang being stretchered off after she went down clutching her knee.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
Ioan's mum Nanette, who had seen him being stretchered up the hill, stayed with Bella, only telling her later how bad Ioan's injuries were.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
He was clearly discomforted by the swelling on his foot and had to be stretchered from the field.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
Roberts was sent off, while the French striker, 27, was stretchered off the field before being taken to hospital.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
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