Two South Pembrokeshire ambulance services have combined to provide the community of Caldey Island with a new ambulance. The donation follows an incident last November when one of Caldey's monks, Brother Dominic, required medical treatment after sustaining a broken hip when he fell in the island's woods. As paramedic from Tenby Ambulance Station, Nick Tebbutt, explained: "Following Brother Dominic's fall, and the need to treat his injuries further, we realised that we had no real means of moving him from the island's infirmary to the waiting lifeboat, as the vehicle that was previously used to transport patients was no longer in service as it had been there for a good number of years and had slowly deteriorated. "We eventually had to move Brother Dominic by means of putting him in the back of a van and, although we safely got the job done, we realised that the lack of a suitable emergency medical vehicle on the island needed to be addressed," continued Nick. That's when the Tenby station's colleagues at the St. John Ambulance service in Pembroke Dock stepped in by kindly offering to donate one of their ambulance's to the cause, having just had a new vehicle themselves. "Paramedics have been preparing the ambulance at the Tenby station for the past two weeks, making sure that it has a full new kit on board, so we're all delighted that it's all fully ready to be transported over to the island for use should any medical emergencies arise there," added Nick, who revealed that the monks and community of Caldey Island were hugely grateful to Tenby and St. John ambulance services for providing them with the ambulance. It is due to be shipped over from Tenby Harbour today (Friday).