A woman who fell ill while visiting her remote cabin on the coast of Labrador last week had to be taken to hospital with the help of the Sandwich Bay Retrievers search and rescue and members of the NunatuKavut Community Council.

The 911 call came in around 12:45 on Thursday afternoon indicating that a woman was in medical distress at a remote cabin in Dove Brook, southwest of Cartwright.

Members of the Sandwich Bay Retrievers jumped into action with the help of the Canadian Coast Guard and local residents.

The woman was transported from her cabin and taken to a waiting ambulance in Cartwright.