Crime & Safety
22-Year-Old Medevaced By Helicopter From Cargo Ship For Seizure
The Coast Guard performed a medical evacuation of a 22-year-old man from a cargo ship 35 miles west of Tampa Bay, Tuesday, July 31.
TAMPA, FL -- The Coast Guard performed a medical evacuation of a 22-year-old man from a cargo ship 35 miles west of Tampa Bay, Tuesday, July 31.
At 4:52 a.m., Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watch standers received a distress call from a crew member aboard a 614-foot cargo ship, the Bahama Spirit, from Vanuatu. The crew member reported that Shuklendra Singh, 22, of India, had a seizure and needed emergency assistance.
A flight surgeon from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater recommended Singh be medevaced.
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An Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew was launched and flew Singh to Tampa General Hospital.
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