Coast Guard Medevacs Two Passengers on Two Occasions From Carnival Pride

The U.S. Coast Guard  medevaced two passengers on separate occasions from a Carnival cruise ship on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 according to a Coast Guard website. The first medevac from the Carnival Pride ship involved a 46 year-old passenger who the shipboard medical team suspected had suffered a stroke on Monday night. Bad weather conditions apparently delayed the woman from being medevaced from the cruise ship until the following morning when the cruise ship was approximately from the cruise ship was 15 miles east of Charleston. The Coast Guard station in Charleston had received notification at around 6:27 p.m. Monday and launched a  MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter from Savannah at 7 a.m. due to low visibility from heavy fog Monday night. The woman and a nurse were hoisted and taken to Roper St. Francis Hospital at 8:13 a.m.  Approximately four hours later, the Carnival ship contacted the Coast Guard and requested a second medevac involving a 64…

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