Paros: 72-year-old resuscitated on Antiparos ferry

A 72-year-old collapsed on Saturday, 19 September 2026 on a ferry operating a route to Antiparos, according to a report by Naxos Times. Coast Guard personnel aboard the ferry immediately performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and used a defibrillator, resulting in the man being revived, as also reported by Cyclades24, which confirms the same details regarding crew intervention during the route to the island.

The timely intervention by Coast Guard personnel using CPR and a defibrillator is described by the two reports as decisive for the outcome of the incident. No further details are provided regarding the identity of the man or his subsequent condition beyond his revival, while the two sources do not mention transfer to a specific health facility or further medical examination after the incident, nor do they report the exact time the collapse occurred at sea. The two reports agree on the basic facts of the incident, with no discrepancies in describing crew intervention or its timing to Saturday, 19 September 2026.

The incident highlights the role of Coast Guard personnel on Cycladic ferry connections, where ships often serve as the first point of response to medical emergencies before access to organised medical aid onshore. The Paros-Antiparos connection serves large numbers of passengers daily, residents and visitors, especially during months of increased tourist traffic, and the presence of trained personnel and equipment such as a defibrillator proves critical in similar emergency cases at sea, where response time is decisive for outcome. Other recent maritime incidents in the area have also occupied news coverage (/cyclades/paros/paros-amorgos-limenika-dyo-travmatismoi/), reminding of the importance of crew readiness on sea connections in the archipelago, where rapid access to medical equipment is not always straightforward due to distance from organised health structures onshore.

According to available reports, there are no further announcements regarding the 72-year-old’s condition after revival, nor mention of suspension or continuation of the ferry’s route to Antiparos. In similar emergency cases in the Cyclades, patient transfer procedures remain a critical issue for the islands, as recorded in recent incidents of air evacuations from other islands in the archipelago (/cyclades/serifos/aerodiakomides-serifos-amorgos-mykonos-treis-astheneis/). Meanwhile, the successful outcome of the incident itself, as recorded by both reports, serves as a reminder of the value of basic first-aid equipment now available on most passenger ferries on Cycladic routes. For broader island news, see /cyclades/paros/.