Finger Caught at Gageodo Sea... Mokpo Coast Guard 'Emergency Transport'

Emergency Patients Occur Consecutively on Islands and at Sea in Sinan-gun

On the 26th, a crew member who injured his finger by getting it caught in a hydraulic device while working near the waters off Gageodo, Sinan, was urgently transported by the Coast Guard. (Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Jung Young-jin) received a report at 2:28 a.m. on the 27th that resident K (48 years old) living on Imjado Island, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, was complaining of severe pain in the head and chest.

Upon receiving the report, the maritime police dispatched the coastal rescue boat from Jido Police Substation, boarded the patient and guardian at Jinri Pier on Imjado Island, and arrived at Songdo Port, Jido, at around 3:11 a.m., handing them over to the waiting 119 ambulance team.

Earlier, at 8:55 p.m. on the 26th, the maritime police received a report that crew member J (49 years old) of the nearshore eel trap fishing vessel A (86 tons, Tongyeong-registered), operating 16 km northeast off Gageodo Island, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, was seriously injured when his finger was caught in a hydraulic device during work inside the vessel. The patient was transported from the sea near Manjaedo and arrived at Seomang Port, Jindo, at around 12:40 a.m., where he was handed over to the waiting 119 ambulance team.

Thanks to the maritime police's assistance, K and J were urgently transported and received treatment at hospitals located in Mokpo and Jindo, respectively.

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