Passenger airlifted off Queen Mary 2 in medical emergency

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A 58-year-old British passenger was airlifted off the Queen Mary 2 off the Wild Coast in heavy seas. IOSNews

This was less than 24 hours after leaving port of Durban, during which the ship took provisions and dropped off six crew members.

He said a Government Health EMS duty doctor had spoken to the ship's medical team and it was deemed necessary for the patient to be evacuated to a hospital as soon as possible. NSRI bases along the East Coast, at Durban, Shelly Beach, Port Edward and East London were placed on on stand-by during the helicopter patient evacuation operation.

 

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