Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Transfers Foreign Emergency Patient from Jindo Island

An emergency patient has occurred on Hajodo Island, Jindo-gun, and the Coast Guard is urgently transporting them. (Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Im Jae-su) urgently transported a foreign emergency patient who occurred in an island area.

According to Mokpo Maritime Police on the 15th, at around 1:28 PM on the 14th, a report was received that Mr. A (in his 40s), a Russian national, fell down the stairs while working at a construction site on Hajodo Island, Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do, was unable to move, and was suspected of hip dislocation and fracture.

The maritime police dispatched a coastal rescue boat from the police substation and began emergency transport at 2:13 PM that day, safely handing over the patient to the 119 ambulance team waiting at Seomang Port, Jindo-gun, at 2:38 PM.

With the help of the maritime police, the emergency patient Mr. A was transferred to a large hospital in Mokpo and is currently receiving treatment.

Meanwhile, this year, the Mokpo Maritime Police Station has urgently transported 141 emergency patients who occurred in island areas and at sea using patrol vessels and helicopters.

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