Three cruise passengers taken to hospital in Madeira
Emergency crews assisted with hospital transfers after medical incidents aboard ships calling at the Port of Funchal.
Three cruise passengers were transferred to hospital in Madeira on a Wednesday morning following medical emergencies aboard cruise ships calling at the Port of Funchal.
According to a local report, the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters and Funchal Municipal Firefighters dispatched two ambulances to assist with the transfers. Emergency services responded at approximately 7 a.m. as cruise ships were arriving in port.
Celebrity Apex and Spirit of Adventure were scheduled to call at Funchal that morning. Celebrity Apex arrived from Tenerife, while Spirit of Adventure was approaching from Portsmouth. The report did not establish whether the three passengers were traveling on the same ship or whether both vessels were involved in the medical incidents.
No further information was released about the passengers’ ages or medical conditions. The hospitals to which they were taken were also not identified.