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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Friday rescued an Indian passenger from an Italian-flagged cruise liner Costa Serena, approximately 80 nautical miles off the coast of Goa and shifted him to a private hospital in Panaji.
Coast Guard officials said the cruise liner raised an alert at 3.20 pm, requesting medical assistance for an Indian passenger, who had experienced a heart-related ailment onboard. The ICG maritime rescue sub coordination centre (MRSC) at Goa launched an operation.
“The cruise liner Costa Serena was directed to alter the course and proceed towards Goa for quick transfer of the patient to land-based medical facilities,” coast guard officials said in a joint statement.
An ICG interceptor boat C-158 was already present in the area and the rendezvous between C-158 and Costa Serena took place approximately 30 nautical miles off Goa. The patient and his wife, accompanied by a nurse, were transferred with the help of the ship’s medical personnel, the statement added.
The interceptor boat C-158 entered Mormugao Port Authority in Goa around 8.30 pm and the patient was handed over to a waiting ambulance, the statement added.
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