Azores Situation Report Wednesday 25th January 2023
There are defibrillators in three locations in Ponta Delgada
Three automatic external defibrillators have been installed at the PSP Regional Command, Clube Naval and Campo São Francisco. Nine more will be made available in the municipality soon.
The first three of a set of twelve automated external defibrillators (AED) were installed in the city of Ponta Delgada, which will be provided public spaces throughout this year, as well as sports and leisure facilities and (Praia do Pópulo), in the municipality.
This is an initiative by the Ponta Delgada City Council and it aims to save lives, helping those who have a serious heart problem on the streets.
As the president of the municipality said at the site of one of the AEDs, next to the PSP Regional Command building, on Avenida Marginal – where a simulation was carried out with the new equipment -, the installation of automatic external defibrillators “comes precisely in line with what Ponta Delgada City Council understands as a priority in its action: to bring more and better quality of life to its citizens and, in this specific case, to work to protect lives”.
In addition to the DEA at the Regional Command of the PSP, there is another one close to the Clube Naval de Ponta Delgada and in Campo São Francisco.
The project has the collaboration of the Humanitarian Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Ponta Delgada and the Municipal Police, who – as Pedro Nascimento Cabral pointed out – will be given certified training to operate with said equipment.
The mayor also launched a challenge to citizens to participate in the training cycle – which the municipality will promote soon – in basic life support and use of automatic external defibrillators, by non-medical personnel (SBV-DAE).
Man’s body found on the coastline on the island of São Miguel
The Maritime Authority announced today that it found a body floating about 50 meters from the coast in the parish of Santa Clara, São Miguel Island, Azores, during the afternoon, although the causes of death are unknown.
Following an alert received at 12:25 pm, through the Ponta Delgada Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC Delgada), elements of the Maritime Police Command, of the Ponta Delgada Lifeguard Station were immediately activated to the scene. and the Ponta Delgada Volunteer Firefighters.
Only upon arrival at the site did the team discover that it was the body of a man, around 70 years old, who was collected and taken to the facilities of the Port Authority of Ponta Delgada.
Death was declared on the spot by the health officer and the body was later transported to a hospital unit by the Volunteer Firefighters of Ponta Delgada. The case was handed over to the Maritime Police Command, for investigation. of the causes of this occurrence.
SATA starts connecting the cities of Ponta Delgada to Bilbao in the summer.
Next summer, Azores Airlines will ensure a weekly direct connection between the cities of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel, and Bilbao, in Spain.
The flights will take place from July to September, with departures from Ponta Delgada at 8:10 am and departures from Bilbao at 2:10 pm.
This connection completes the network of other destinations that the airline was already operating during the summer months, namely the connection to Barcelona [also in Spain], which remain, with the offer of three weekly frequencies.
Azores Airlines’ summer operation will be carried out in partnership with a local operator, particularly knowledgeable of the market and dedicated to attracting traffic from the entire northeast of Spain, which assumes responsibility for marketing a significant part of the available seats.