US EditionDanish military evacuates US submariner who needed urgent medical care off Greenland
A U.S. submarine crew member was evacuated by Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command for urgent medical care after a helicopter transfer to Nuuk hospital, officials said.
- Denmark's military evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment.
- President Trump announced plans to send a hospital ship to Greenland, alleging many people were sick and not receiving care.
- Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen defended Denmark's healthcare system, stating there is free and equal access to health for all.
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Denmark evacuates sailor from US attack sub off Greenland
Official statements confirm Danish Arctic Command has carried out a medical evacuation from a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine operating near Greenland. Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command (Arktisk Kommando) announced that a crew member from an American submarine required urgent medical treatment and was airlifted approximately seven nautical miles off Nuuk, within Greenland’s territorial waters. The evacuation was conducted using a Danish …
Trump sends hospital ship to Greenland — after Denmark helped evacuate US Navy sailor from submarine
President Trump announced Saturday that he is dispatching a hospital boat to Greenland shortly after news broke that Denmark's Joint Arctic Command evacuated a crew member from a US submarine.
Danish military evacuates U.S. submariner who needed urgent medical care off Greenland while Trump orders Navy hospital ship to island
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, speaking to public broadcaster DR, said Danish authorities had not been informed that the ship was on its way.
Danish military evacuates US submariner in need of urgent medical care off Greenland
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s military said its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment. The Danish Joint Arctic Command, on its Facebook page, said the crew member was evacuated on Saturday some 7 nautical miles (8 miles; 13 kilometers) off Nuuk — the capital of the vast, ice-covered territory — and transferred to a hospital in the city. The crew member was retr…
Copenhagen responded by ensuring that the Arctic island did not need a health initiative."The Greenland population receives the health care it needs," said Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen.
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