Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Transfers Emergency Patients from Jindo Daemado and Hajodo Islands

On the 17th, an emergency patient in their 70s with a swollen neck and abscess appeared on Hajodo, Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do, and the Coast Guard urgently transported them. (Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Emergency patients have occurred consecutively in the island village of Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do, prompting the Coast Guard to conduct urgent transfers.

According to Mokpo Coast Guard Station (Chief Im Jae-su) on the 18th, at around 9:39 a.m. on the 17th, a report was received that resident A (female in her 70s) was experiencing severe dizziness due to hypertension symptoms on Daemado Island, Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do.

The Coast Guard dispatched a patrol vessel, boarded the patient at Daemado Port, and swiftly transported her, arriving at Seomang Port in Jindo-gun at around 11:17 a.m., where she was handed over to the waiting 119 ambulance team.

Earlier that day, at around 8:05 a.m., the Coast Guard received a report that resident B (female in her 70s) on Hajodo Island, Jindo-gun, had severe throat swelling and serious boils on her body requiring hospital transfer. The Coast Guard dispatched a coastal rescue boat from the police substation and transported her to Seomang Port, Jindo-gun.

With the Coast Guard's assistance, both A and B were urgently transferred and moved to a hospital in Mokpo, where they are currently receiving treatment.

Meanwhile, the Mokpo Coast Guard Station has protected the precious lives and property of the people by transferring 114 emergency patients from island areas and at sea this year using patrol vessels and other means.

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