MSC FANTASIA

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Medevac off Falmouth

The all-weather lifeboat 'Richard Cox Scott' was called out on Sep 10, 2023, shortly after 4:30pm for a medical evacuation of a passenger from the 'Fantasia'. The cruise ship had been anchored in Falmouth Bay over the weekend. The lifeboat launched at 4:44 p.m., arriving minutes later to put three crew members, including a doctor on board. After being medically assessed onboard, the casualty was transferred to the lifeboat and taken back to the lifeboat station where he was transferred to a waiting ambulance. The lifeboat was released from service at 5.33 p.m. and readied again by 6.10 p.m. Report with photos: https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/23784449.cruise-ship-falmouth-casualty-medically-evacuated/

Medevac off Cagliari

A 79 year old Frech passenger aboard the 'MSC Fantasia' suffered a heart attack on board the cruise ship sailing 70 miles off the coast of Cagliari and had to be medevaced on March 16, 2022. An SAR helicopter of the 4th Coast Guard Helicopter Section of Decimomannu was deployed and intercepted the "MSC Fantasia" about 35 miles from the coast in difficult weather conditions due to the strong wind. The patient was safely hoisted aboard and transported to the Brotzu hospital in Cagliari. The ship was enroute from Naples to Palma de Mallorca and resumed navigation to the port of destination after the medevac. Report with photo: https://www.lanuovasardegna.it/cagliari/cronaca/2022/03/16/news/turista-colto-da-malore-sulla-nave-da-crociera-soccorso-aereo-della-guardia-costiera-1.41305601

Swabs and repatriation flights

Aboard the 'MSC Fantasia', the first 38 swabs were made and the results expected on May 27. The positive tested will go to the hospital ship 'Splendid'. The tested were seafarers who, in the days immediately prior to their arrival in Genoa, had exhibited symptoms comparable to those of Covid-19, even if they tested negative for the first swab carried out when the ship was still stopped in the port of Lisbon. The commissioner for Civil Protection, Giacomo Giampedrone, confirmed the willingness of the Liguria Region to move any cases of positive tested to the 'GNV Splendid' which was berthed right next to the cruise ship. The alternative destination for the positives would be the RSA in Viale Cembrano. On May 28 the first charter flights with 10 Argentine crew members and some Indian starff from the 'MSC Splendida' and 'MSC Opera' will depart, while for the following days other flights were planned to Indiato repatriate 190 other seafarers currently aboard the 'MSC Fantasia'.