The Municipal Firefighters of Machico (BMM) and SANAS Madeira recently carried out a joint rescue and rescue operation for a tourist who suffered an accident in Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço, in Caniçal.
According to information gathered by JM, the BMM team went to meet the victim, who was transported by SANAS lifeboat from Cais da Sardinha to Quinta do Lorde. The woman, aged around 59, from Latvia, suffered a fall on the recommended walking route and complained of a possible fracture in a lower limb.
After stabilization at the scene, the victim was transported by ambulance from BMM to Dr. Nélio Mendonça, where she was evaluated and received the necessary medical care in the emergency room.