Mokpo Coast Guard, Emergency Transport of a 70s Island Resident with Respiratory Distress

A patient experiencing respiratory distress occurred on Bigeumdo Island, Sinan County, and the Coast Guard urgently transported them. (Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station)

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

The Mokpo Coast Guard Station (Chief Im Jae-su) announced that at 6:14 a.m. on the 29th, they received a report that a resident A (in his 70s) in Bigeumdo, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, was showing symptoms of respiratory distress along with a high fever since morning.

The Coast Guard dispatched a coastal rescue boat from the local police substation, boarded the patient and guardian in Bigeumdo, and promptly transported them. They arrived at Namgang Pier in Amtaedo at around 7:36 a.m. and handed over the patient to the waiting 119 ambulance team.

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

A Mokpo Coast Guard official said, “We always maintain a state of readiness to respond to emergency patients occurring in island areas or at sea,” and added, “We will do our best to protect the precious lives of island residents.”

Meanwhile, the Mokpo Coast Guard Station has protected the precious lives and property of the people by transporting 125 emergency patients in island areas and at sea this year using patrol vessels and others.

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