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Medevac in Valletta

The 'Mein Schiff 5' arrived in Valletta on Sep 16, at 10.10 p.m. UTC to disembark a passenger due to a medical emergency earlier than scheduled. It had set off to the voyage on Sep 10 in Valletta with calls at Soudam Bodrum, Mykonos and Piraeus and was only supposed to arrive in the port of Valletta on Sep 17 at 4 a.m. Due to the medical emergency on board, the ship's speed was significantly increased. However, it was not possible for the passengers or crew to go ashore after reaching Valletta until the authorities had released the ship, which only took place at around 5:15 a.m. The only exception to this were passengers who had a transfer to the airport at 4:30 a.m. After a partial change of passengers, the vessel left the port again in the evening en route to Brindisi.

Medevac off Trieste

A 76-year-old German woman fell ill ue to an alleged heart attack in the evening of July 30, 2023, on the "Mein Schiff 5", which had just departed from Trieste at 10.30 p.m. en route to Montenegro. The Coast Guard of Trieste intervened after the captain of the cruise ship informed the Operations Room of the Port Authority of Trieste of the emergency situation 30 minutes into the voyage, which ordered the ship to immediately reverse course to return to Trieste. A medical team was transported on board the ship by a Coast Guard patrol boat. They stabilized the passenger, who was subsequently transferred onto the patrol boat, and taken to the port, where an ambulance was waiting at the Port Authority quay, for the subsequent transfer to the Cattinara hospital.

Medevac in Kefalonia

The Port Authority of Kefalonia was informed in the evening of July 7, 2022, that a 68-year-old passenger of the'Mein Schiff 5', which was anchored in the port Argostoli, needed immediate hospital treatment. Immediately a patrol boat went to the scene, picked up the patient and transported him to the port of Argostoli. Subsequently, he was transported by ambulance to the General Hospital of Kefallinia, for further medical examinations.