Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Transports Emergency Patients from Island Villages Over the Weekend

8-Year-Old Child Injured After Falling Into Manhole at Dawn and Others Transported

A child who fell into a manhole and sustained a head injury on Bigeumdo Island, Sinan, is being urgently transported. (Photo by Mokpo Maritime Police Station)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Seo Young-seo] Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Im Jae-su) announced that emergency patients occurred consecutively in island villages of Jeonnam over the weekend, and the maritime police conducted urgent transfers.

At around 1:07 a.m. on the 23rd, an 8-year-old boy A fell into a manhole near his home in Bigeumdo, Sinan-gun, Jeonnam, causing bleeding on the occiput. Although he received emergency treatment at a nearby hospital, a report was received that additional treatment was needed at a large hospital.

The maritime police dispatched a coastal rescue boat from the police substation, boarded boy A and his guardian at Gasan Pier in Bigeumdo, and quickly moved, handing them over to the 119 ambulance team waiting at Namgang Pier in Amtaedo at around 2:09 a.m.

Earlier, at 2:12 p.m. on the 22nd, the maritime police received a report that Ms. B (female, in her 70s) in Hajodo, Jindo-gun, Jeonnam, was complaining of excessive stomach acid symptoms and severe chest pain. They dispatched a coastal rescue boat from the substation and transferred her to Seomang Port in Jindo.

Thanks to the maritime police's assistance, the urgently transferred boy A and Ms. B were moved to hospitals in Mokpo and Jindo respectively and are currently undergoing treatment.

Meanwhile, this year, Mokpo Maritime Police Station has protected the precious lives and property of the people by transferring 89 emergency patients in island areas and at sea using patrol vessels and others.

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