Italian man lifted to hospital off coast

A fifty-year-old Italian man aboard a fishing vessel 30 miles off the Maltese coast was airlifted to St Luke's Hospital by an Armed Forces of Malta helicopter on Friday evening after suffering severe abdominal pain. The Rescue Co-ordination Centre in...

A fifty-year-old Italian man aboard a fishing vessel 30 miles off the Maltese coast was airlifted to St Luke's Hospital by an Armed Forces of Malta helicopter on Friday evening after suffering severe abdominal pain.

The Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Rome informed the AFM of the incident. It said that an Alouette helicopter was immediately dispatched and the man was taken to hospital where he received medical attention.

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