Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Evacuates 70s Island Resident with Reduced Consciousness

An emergency patient in their 70s with impaired consciousness is being urgently transported by the Coast Guard from Byeongpungdo, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do. (Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] An emergency patient in her 70s with impaired consciousness occurred in an island village in Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, and the Coast Guard urgently transported her.

According to Mokpo Coast Guard Station (Chief Im Jae-su) on the 17th, at 5:04 PM on the 16th, a report was received that resident A (female, in her 70s) suddenly collapsed in a vinyl greenhouse on Byeongpungdo Island, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, with impaired consciousness and difficulty moving.

The Coast Guard dispatched a coastal rescue boat from the local police substation, boarded the patient and her guardian at Byeongpungdo Port, and promptly transported them. They arrived at Songdo Port, Jido-eup, Sinan-gun, at around 5:30 PM and handed them over to the waiting 119 ambulance team.

With the help of the Coast Guard, A was urgently transported to a hospital located in Sinan-gun and is currently receiving treatment.

A Mokpo Coast Guard official said, “With the mission that the lives of the people are the top priority, we will strive to promptly transport emergency patients in island areas and become a reliable safety guardian of the West and South Sea.”

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