A French bather with nausea and tension breaks, who was on a beach in Lagos with difficult access by land, Canavial, had to be removed by sea, on Thursday, the 8th, by the lifeguard of Ferragudo, assisted by a Maritime Police (PM) watercraft.
The alert was received at 19:00 in the PM picket, through the Lisbon Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC-Lisbon), and two police officers from Lagos and an ambulance from the Lagos Fire Department were immediately sent to the location. .
However, the access to Praia do Canavial is through «a small path on the cliff», where «the maneuver for a rigid stretcher did not offer safety conditions».
Therefore, it was decided to evacuate by sea, to take the sick bather, a 35-year-old man of French nationality, to the Port of Lagos.
In an operation coordinated by the Captain of the Port of Lagos, in collaboration with the Captain of the Port of Portimão, the vessel “SR-43” from the Ferragudo ISN Lifeguard Station and a watercraft from the Local Command of the Maritime Police of Lagos.
The withdrawal of the French bather was successful, and the man was disembarked on the pier of the port of Lagos, where an INEM ambulance was waiting for him, which took him to the hospital in Portimão.
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