Italian Coast Guard Airlifts Sick Cruise Passenger to Naples Hospital

By : StoryfulNews

Published On: 2017-04-13

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The Italian Coast Guard hoisted a sick passenger from a cruise ship upon their helicopter near the island of Capri on Wednesday, April 12.

The Austrian passenger was suspected to have suffered a stroke aboard the Albatros cruise ship, operated by the German company Phoenix Reisen. The ship was travelling from Giardini-Naxos, Sicily, to Genoa, according to cruise tracking website CruiseMapper.

The Coast Guard said the passenger was sent to Ospedale Antonio Cardarelli hospital in Naples and was conscious and in “reasonable” health.