There was an unusual medevac from Carnival Paradise on Thursday. It seems a woman gave birth to a baby while the ship was en route from Ensenada to Long Beach, and the new mother, the newborn and the new grandmother were medevaced from the cruise ship by the Coast Guard when it was just south of the entrance to San Diego Harbor.The Coast Guard received the call at 10:40am (May 27, 2010), and they dispatched a 41-foot boat with a doctor to meet Carnival Paradise about 1pm as it passed San Diego. The three were taken to a local San Diego Hospital for treatment. Cdr Rochelle Nolte, the Coast Guard doctor aboard the Coast Guard vessel for the medevac, is shown in the photo above checking the infant's vital signs. Coast Guard video of the transfer is below.
Carnival Paradise left Long Beach on May 24 on a 4-night cruise to Ensenada. It will return as scheduled on Friday, May 28.
