A patient was airlifted from a merchant vessel on Wednesday by the rescue coordination centre in Larnaca.
The operation was launched at 11.45am when the vessel was sailing around 90 nautical miles south of Limassol.
A helicopter from the 460th medical squadron of the national guard was deployed to carry out the evacuation.
A specialised nurse from the airlift team of the ambulance service was on board the helicopter to
