Video Available: 76-year-old woman medically evacuated by Coast Guard near Coos Bay, Oregon
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/13/2018 07:39 PM EDT
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August 13, 2018 |
76-year-old woman medically evacuated by Coast Guard near Coos Bay, Oregon
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COOS BAY, Ore. -- A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated a woman reportedly suffering from kidney failure while aboard a cruise ship 50 miles southwest of Coos Bay, Monday.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector North Bend medevac’d the woman from the ship named Grand Princess and safely transported her to the Bay Area Hospital at 12:50 p.m.
Coast Guard Sector North Bend Command Center watchstanders received a request for medical assistance from a crewmember aboard the cruise ship at 10:30 a.m.
The woman’s condition is unknown at this time.
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