PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard on Friday medevaced a man from a cruise ship off the North Carolina coast to New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
According to the Coast Guard, the 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received notification from the 1068-foot cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway at about 4:25 p.m. Friday that a 60-year-old male passenger was reportedly experiencing kidney failure.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and C-130 Super Hercules aircraft crew launched from Air Station Elizabeth City. The crews arrived on scene with Norwegian Breakaway approximately 120 miles southeast of Wilmington.
“The helicopter crew hoisted the man to the helicopter and transported him to New Hanover Regional Medical Center … for treatment,” a Coast Guard press release states.
Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Barbay, operations unit controller for the case, said it was the Coast Guard’s “priority to deliver the man to medical care as quickly and safely as possible.”
“It was our priority to deliver the man to medical care as quickly and safely as possible,” Barbay said.
