Overview
- A hospitality worker on Isla de Monteagudo developed sudden neurological signs that staff feared were a stroke and received immediate assessment from the Parque Nacional nursing team.
- Park staff contacted regional emergency services using 112 and 061 to request urgent support and the Servicio de Gardacostas launched an air evacuation.
- The Gardacostas helicopter lifted the patient from the Muelle de Rodas and flew them to Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro in Vigo for rapid specialist treatment.
- Hospital doctors confirmed a brain incident, gave the patient a favorable prognosis, and discharged them to recover at home with scheduled neurological follow‑up.
- The episode highlights how park medical teams, environmental agents and regional emergency systems coordinate to deliver time‑critical care for serious illnesses on remote protected islands.