A male passenger on board the 'Magellan' was medevaced in the Outer Hebrides after suffering heart problems east of the Island of Barra. The vessel was only on its second day of its nine day voyage of its British Isles Discovery Cruise when the incident occurred. HM Coastguard received a call from the vessel on Aug 28, 2018, around 11 p.m. requesting urgent assistance to transfer the patient to hospital. Stornoway’ s Coastguard SAR helicopter were launched to the scene, transferring the patient to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for further treatment. The vessel continued its cruise visiting ports including Portree, Kirkwall, Honfleur in Normandy, Guernsey and the Isles of Scilly before returning to Dublin.
WORLD SHIPPING
30 August 2018 - 13:28
Medevac off Barra
A male passenger on board the 'Magellan' was medevaced in the Outer Hebrides after suffering heart problems east of the Island of Barra
WORLD SHIPPING
30 August 2018 - 13:28
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