Two patients of British nationality, who were on board the passenger ship Marella Voyager, were rescued in an operation coordinated by the Lisbon Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC Lisboa) and the Funchal Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Subcenter (MRSC Funchal).
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06/11/2026
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O Lisbon Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC Lisboa) and Funchal Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Subcenter (MRSC Funchal) coordinated on Friday, November 6, two medical rescue operations of two patients, of British nationality, who were on board the passenger ship Marella Voyager.
In the first situation the MRCC Lisbon was contacted via satellite phone, when the ship was sailing 200 nautical miles, the equivalent of about 370 kilometers northeast of Funchal, and it was reported that “a man with a hypotensive profile and a urinary infection was on board,” the Navy reported.
The second case was after the landing of the first patient, and the ship contacted MRSC Funchal when it was “about 70 nautical miles, about 130 kilometers north of Funchal, requesting a new medical rescue, this time of an 82-year-old woman with a hip fracture”.
“ Both patient evaluations were carried out by the Center for the Guidance of Urgent Maritime Patients (CODUMAR), with medical rescue being determined", it can be read in the note, which realizes that “the actions took place in close coordination with the Portuguese Air Force” that, to this end, “twice the aircraft EH-101”.