[PIO] Announcement of KSEED for the rescue operation of a person in distress, yesterday, in Geroskipou

The Larnaca Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (LRCRC) announces that yesterday, July 7, 2023 at 19:27, it received information from the Port and Maritime Police Command, concerning an injured person who was on board a yacht in the marine area of Geroskipou. The injury was caused by a fall into the sea.

KSEED immediately activated the National Plan E-D "NEARCHOS", mobilizing a vessel of the Port and Maritime Police, and an ambulance of the State Health Services Organisation (SHSO).

The injured man, an English national aged 50, was handed over at 19:50 to an ambulance of the OCYPH Ambulance Service and transferred to Paphos General Hospital for treatment.

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