Elderly woman fights for life after being winched from cruise ship
An elderly woman is fighting for her life in hospital after being transported by a rescue helicopter from a cruise ship, off the NSW coast.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Westpac Life Saver Rescue helicopter was called to the Sea Princess ship for a passenger who required urgent recovery and transport.
A Westpac Life Saver Rescue spokesperson confirmed to Yahoo 7 that the woman was winched from the ship and transported to the Gold Coast University hospital in a critical condition.
The exact details of the woman’s condition have not yet been reported, but the spokesman confirmed that she suffered a medical condition because of some form of bleeding.
The rescue helicopter arrived at the hospital shortly after 4pm.
It has been reported that ship cruise passengers were asked to make blood donations to assist the passenger.