Coastguard escorts cruise ship passenger to hospital By Chris Jaffray May 13 2015, 9:58 am May 13 2015, 9:58 am Share Coastguard escorts cruise ship passenger to hospital Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/577731/coastguard-escorts-cruise-ship-passenger-hospital/ Copy Link The passenger took ill aboard the Ocean Nova cruiser Stornoway coastguard is currently transporting a cruise ship passenger from a vessel in the Sound of Iona to hospital. A rescue helicopter was deployed at 8am to take the 71-year-old female on board the Ocean Nova to Lorn and Islands Hospital in Oban. A spokesman for the coastguard said: “We received a call at 8am alerting us to a woman offshore who needed medical assistance.” The Ocean Nova is a small vessel which provides air-cruises to the Antarctica, Greenland and Svalbard.
