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MIAMI — The Coast Guard medevaced a 71-year-old man from a cruise ship, Saturday, approximately 22 miles east of Palm Beach, Fla.
Watchstanders in the Coast Guard 7th District command center received a request for a medevac at approximately 7 p.m., from the crew of the cruise ship Carnival Sensation.
The report stated the man was suffering from symptoms of a stroke. A Coast Guard flight surgeon was briefed on the situation and recommended the man be medevaced immediately.
A crew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Miami was launched to hoist the passenger. Once hoisted, the 71-year-old man was taken to Broward General Hospital.
For more information contact the Coast Guard 7th District public affairs office at 786-367-7649.
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