ARSVOM evacuated a sailor suffering from medical problems from a vessel in the Black Sea

A vessel operated by the Romanian Agency for Saving Lives at Sea (ARSVOM) intervened on Wednesday morning to evacuate a sailor who was experiencing medical problems aboard the Iskander, a ship located in the Black Sea.

The Medevac operation was requested by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC). The Iskander is sailing under the Tunisian flag, and the SAR Artemis vessel was mobilized for the rescue operation.

The ARSVOM crew proceeded to the commercial vessel and evacuated the sailor. The rescue vessel subsequently arrived at the Passenger Berth of the Port of Constanța, where the patient was handed over to a crew from the Constanța Ambulance Service.

The sailor was transported to Constanța County Emergency Clinical Hospital for medical evaluation and the necessary care. The intervention is part of the medical evacuation operations carried out to save people aboard vessels offshore when their condition requires rapid transport to a medical facility.