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Date: 05/02/2025

Wednesday 29th January, 2:00 pm – RCC Bermuda is contacted by the local agent acting on behalf of the P&O passenger ship VENTURA. The ship on passage from Port Canaveral, Florida to the Azores has diverted to Bermuda to disembark a passenger who needs medical attention ashore. The ship is only a few hours from Bermuda when the request is made and details regarding the patient’s condition are passed to the hospital and Fire dispatch. Before arrival the ship requested a second patient was also taken ashore to hospital. Shortly after 4 pm both patients and members of the ships medical staff were inbound from the ship to Ordnance island onboard the pilot boat St David to rendezvous with a waiting ambulance.