Mokpo Coast Guard, Consecutive 'Emergency Transfers' of Weekend Emergency Patients and Others

Mr. B, who was injured on the head while engaging in water leisure activities at Wudo, Mokpo, is being urgently transported by the Coast Guard. (Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Im Jae-su) announced on the 19th that it had urgently transported emergency patients who occurred in island areas and at sea over the weekend.

On the 18th at around 7 p.m., Mokpo Maritime Police received a report that Ms. A (female, in her 60s) on Heuksando Island, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, was experiencing severe abdominal pain.

The maritime police dispatched a patrol vessel and coordinated with the coastal rescue boat from the local police substation to begin emergency transport at 7:22 p.m. that day, safely handing over the patient and her guardian to the 119 ambulance team waiting at Seomang Port, Jindo-gun, at 11:20 p.m.

On the same day at around 1:34 p.m., a report was received that Mr. B (male, in his 60s), who was enjoying water leisure activities on Udo Island, Mokpo City, had injured his head on a leisure boat.

The maritime police urgently dispatched the coastal rescue boat from the substation to the scene and conducted emergency transport, arriving at Bukhang Pier at 2:27 p.m. that day, where they safely handed over the patient and his guardian to the 119 ambulance team waiting in advance.

Both emergency patients, Ms. A and Mr. B, who were urgently transported with the help of the maritime police, are known to be receiving treatment at a hospital in Mokpo.

Meanwhile, this year, the Mokpo Maritime Police Station has urgently transported 146 emergency patients who occurred in island areas and at sea using patrol vessels and helicopters.

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