Sick Crew Member Transferred To Bermuda
A Bulk Carrier ship detoured to Bermuda after a 64 year old Greek national on board suffered from a heart related illness and required medical attention.
The vessel –then 240 miles east of the island — had departed New Orleans bound for Morocco. The ‘Amber L’ diverted to a rendezvous position 2 miles east of Bermuda, and at 9.30am today [Apr 10] the crew member was successfully taken by stretcher to a pilot boat and transferred to an ambulance in St. George’s.
The Duty Officer said, “At noon yesterday, the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre received a satellite telephone call from the captain of merchant vessel ‘Amber L’, a 25,955 GRT Bulk Carrier registered in Panama, advising that a 64 year old Greek national on board was suffering from a heart related illness and needed to be taken ashore.
“The vessel then 240 miles East of Bermuda, had departed New Orleans a few days earlier bound for Jorf Lasfar in Morocco. Following medical advice from the Red Cross in Greece, and after it was confirmed that the patient was in a stable condition, the ‘Amber L’ diverted to a rendezvous position 2 miles East of Bermuda.
“At 9:30 a.m. today, the patient was successfully taken by stretcher to the pilot boat St. David and transferred to an awaiting ambulance at Ordnance Island in St. George’s harbour.”
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