Illness on cruise ship, passenger rescued off the coast of Sardinia

Emergency on the Costa Smeralda cruise ship off the coast of Sardinia.

The alarm was triggered due to the illness felt by a passenger, a 79-year-old Icelandic, who was rescued by the Coast Guard. Having reached the ship, about 10 nautical miles south west of Cape Teulada, a helicopter arrived from the Decimomannu area base. The soldiers, in collaboration with the on-board staff, transferred the doctor and the patient using the stretcher and a winch and then headed to the Brotzu hospital in Cagliari where the passenger was entrusted to the care of the doctors.

The Costa Smeralda traveled the Palma de Mallorca-Palermo route.

(Unioneonline/ss)