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Two passengers medevaced on the Elbe

Two sick passengers were medevaced from the 'Artania' on the Elbenear Altenbruch in evening of Sep 22, 2023. At around 11 p.m., the “Artania” reported to the MRCC of the DGzRS in Bremen that two people on board needed urgently needed medical help. At the time, the “Artania” was on its way from Hamburg to Portsmouth, UK, and was sailing approximately near Brunsbüttel. The lifeboat 'Anneliese Kramer' of the DGzRS station Cuxhaven took on board an emergency doctor and two rescuers from the Cuxhaven fire department. The lifeboat then went alongside in moderate sea conditions. The patients were stabilized and then transferred onto the lifeboat. The 'Anneliese Kramer' arrived back in Cuxhaven on Sep 23 at around 12:20 a.m., where the patients were handed over to the escue service for further transport to hospital. Report with ohoto: https://www.seenotretter.de/aktuelles/seenotfaelle/seenotretter-im-einsatz-fuer-zwei-erkrankte-kreuzfahrtpassagiere

Medevac off Thira

The Port Authority of Thira was informed in the afternoon of May 28, 2022, that a 28-year-old crew member of the 'Artania' which had sailed to the anchorage of the bay of Fira, Thira, was in need of medical care. He was disemberked and transported safely to the Athiniou port in Thira, from where he was taken to the Central Polyclinic of Santorini for medical examinations. Then he was carried to a clinic in Athens for further monitoring and treatment.

Medevac off Finisterre

On March 17, 2022, at dawn, the 'Artania', en route from Vigo to Leixoes, contacted the CCS Finisterre of Salvamento MArítimo and requested the medical evacuation of a 71 year old German passenger. The SAR helicopter Pesca 1 of the Coast Guard was tasked to hoist the paitent and took him off 29 miles west of Finisterre. He was transferred to the Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital for further care.