Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Evacuates 70s Island Resident with Eye Injury

Mokpo Coast Guard urgently transported a man in his 70s, a resident of an island, who sustained an eye injury during logging work. (Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Im Jae-su) urgently transported a man in his 70s, a resident of an island, who sustained an eye injury during logging work.

According to Mokpo Maritime Police on the 11th, at around 4:19 PM on the 10th, Kim (77 years old, female) in Jodo-myeon, Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do, fell after tripping over a cut tree and injured her right eye, prompting an emergency transport request to the hospital.

The maritime police dispatched a coastal rescue boat from the local police substation and, at around 4:45 PM that day, transported the patient and her guardian, arriving at Seomang Port in Jindo at approximately 5:10 PM, where they handed her over to the waiting 119 ambulance team.

Thanks to the prompt assistance of the maritime police, Kim was transferred to a hospital in Jindo-gun for treatment and is reported to be in stable condition without life-threatening injuries.

Meanwhile, the Mokpo Maritime Police transported a total of 312 emergency patients from island areas in 299 cases last year, using patrol vessels and coastal rescue boats from police substations.

The Mokpo Maritime Police is committed to protecting precious lives with the mindset of rescuing their own family members, always ready to respond whenever rapid transport and emergency treatment are needed.

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