An Italian fisherman who was taken ill on a fishing vessel was evacuated to Mater Dei Hospital by the Armed Forces of Malta.
The government said urgent medical evacuation was requested by crew members on Santa Maria di Costantinopli, that was sailing some 16 nautical miles north west of Gozo.
The fisherman was unconscious.
The AFM sent a helicopter to the area and the patient was evacuated, hoisted to the aircraft and transported to hospital.