A citizen, of British nationality, aged 60, who showed symptoms of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), was rescued this morning, while on board the ship ‘IONA’, which was sailing 163 nautical miles, approximately 301 kilometers, northwest of Madeira Island.
”The alert was received at MRSC Funchal, at around 6:28 am, via telephone contact from the ship. The Urgent Patients Guidance Center Mar (CODU-Mar) was then contacted, which, through the information that pointed to signs stroke considered the need for immediate rescue”, informs, through a statement, the Portuguese Navy, which coordinated the entire operation, through the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Subcenter of Funchal (MRSC Funchal), and in collaboration with the Guidance for Urgent Patients – Seafarers (CODU-MAR) and with the Regional Civil Protection Service (SRPC IP-RAM).
After the alert and rescue, the ship moved to the port of Funchal, where the crew member disembarked, at 4:25 am, and was transported to a hospital unit with the support of agents from the Local Command of the Maritime Police and the ambulance from the Maritime Association. Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters who were already on site.