Jeju Coast Guard Urgently Transfers Crew Member Complaining of Abdominal Pain During Fishing Operation

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Jeongpil] Jeju Maritime Police Station (Chief Go Min-gwan) announced on the 1st that on the 30th of last month, foreign crew member B on vessel A, which was fishing off the west of Chagwido, complained of abdominal pain and was urgently transported.

According to Jeju Maritime Police Station, around 11 a.m. the previous day, a foreign crew member of Indonesian nationality on a nearshore gillnet fishing vessel registered in Chuja (with 14 people on board) complained of abdominal pain while fishing 111 kilometers west of Chagwido and requested urgent transport to Jeju Maritime Police.

In response, Jeju Maritime Police dispatched a large patrol vessel patrolling the nearby waters, approached vessel A around 3 p.m., boarded the patient, and continuously monitored the patient's condition using a remote emergency medical system while arriving at Hallim Port.

Then, a coastal rescue boat waiting nearby received the patient from the patrol vessel and safely handed over the patient to the 119 ambulance team around 7:59 p.m.

Since the beginning of this year, Jeju Maritime Police has conducted a total of eight emergency transports and transferred ten emergency patients from fishing vessels using patrol vessels during fishing operations.

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