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Coast Guard helicopter called to medical emergency aboard French survey vessel

A 26-year-old crew-member took ill with chest pains earlier this evening.

THE RESCUE 117 helicopter from Waterford has been dispatched to a French survey vessel around 40 miles off the coast, after a crew-member took ill.

The Irish Coastguard dispatched the aircraft to carry out a ‘Medivac’ operation after receiving a request from their counterpart authority in France.

A 26-year-old crew member took ill with chest pains earlier this evening.

The helicopter will land at Waterford Airport on its return, and the man will then be taken by ambulance to Waterford Regional Hospital.

The operation is ongoing, a Coast Guard spokesman at the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre in Dublin confirmed to TheJournal.ie.

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