It is announced that today, 5 May 2023, at 10:40 a.m. the Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (RSRC) received information from the captain of the Bahamas-flagged cruise ship "AMBIENCE" that, while it was sailing at a distance of 100 nautical miles southwest of Cyprus, a 75-year-old male passenger of the ship presented symptoms of a stroke and was in need of immediate medical assistance.
The CCSED activated the National E-D Plan "NEARCHOS" and after the medical opinion (MEDICO) from a doctor of the General Hospital of Cyprus, he received a medical certificate (MEDICO). Nicosia, immediately mobilized a helicopter of the Police Air Operations Unit (AOU) of the Police with a specialized nurse of the Ambulance Service of the UNHCR to airlift the patient to a hospital of the Republic of Cyprus.
At 1:15 pm, the patient was delivered to Nicosia General Hospital for further treatment.
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