A crew member was rescued from a Liberian-flagged merchant ship about 114 nautical miles southwest of Ponta Delgada in the Azores by a Portos dos Açores ship, the Navy said this Saturday.
According to a Navy statement, through the Ponta Delgada Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC Delgada), in conjunction with the Patient Emergency Center – Maritimes (CODU-MAR), it was agreed “from 9:56 am on Friday, medical assistance to a person on board the merchant The Rotterdam Pearl, flying the Liberian flag, is about 114 nautical miles, equivalent to about 212 kilometers, southwest of Ponta Slender.”
The 26-year-old crew member, a Polish citizen, was diagnosed with a possible liver disease and needed hospital care, and the Portos dos Açores vessel Portas do Mar assisted with the transfer to the trading pier. port of Ponta Delgada, where it docked at 22:30 on Friday.
The patient was transferred to the ambulance of the Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service of the Azores and taken to the hospital in Ponta Delgada.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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