In the throes of a seizure on the high seas. The rescue intervention of the Port Authority of Porto Torres was necessary this morning off the Gulf of Asinara.

The military proceeded to carry out the medical evacuation of a 39-year-old Kazakh passenger suffering from epileptic seizures on board the cruise ship "MSC Seaview" bound for Palma de Mallorca with 5083 passengers and 1507 members of staff on board. crew. The rescue operation began this morning at 7.40, when the ship contacted the Operations Room of the Turritan Coast Guard.

The call also triggered the staff of Cirm, the International Medical Radio Centre, who, after a radio consultation with the on-board doctor for an initial diagnosis, arranged for the immediate evacuation of the patient for urgent hospitalization at the Santissima Annunziata hospital of Sassari. In order to be able to carry out the transhipment in maximum safety, the Harbor Master's Office has ordered both the diversion of the ship in calm waters towards the Gulf of Asinara, and the sending on site of the AW 139 "Rescue IMA" helicopter of the Coast Guard, an air unit specialized in search and rescue activities capable of exceeding speeds of 300 km/h.

Also on site was the CP 560 motor vessel which escorted the cruise ship for the entire duration of the activities. At 9.30 the Coast Guard helicopter, which took off from the Decimomannu base, intercepted the ship about 5 miles from the port of Porto Torres, starting the complex transhipment procedures while the ship "MSC Seaview" resumed its planned navigation towards of Palma de Mallorca.

«Carrying out a medical evacuation by sea is nothing new for the Port Authority of Porto Torres - underlines the Fregate Captain Gabriele Peschiulli, - but it represents in any case a very delicate activity in which the timeliness of the diagnosis by of the Cirm service and the operational readiness of the Coast Guard are of fundamental importance to ensure the necessary medical care quickly".

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