Mokpo Coast Guard Works Hard to Transport Emergency Patients from Island Villages and Sea at Night

This Year, 264 Emergency Patients Transported Using Patrol Vessels and Other Means in Local Islands and Maritime Areas

Mokpo Coast Guard is transporting an emergency patient in their 80s with a head injury that occurred on Sinui Island, Sinan County, on the 31st. Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Mokpo Coast Guard is doing its best to protect the lives of the sea family by continuously transporting emergency patients from island villages and the sea to the mainland at night.

According to the Mokpo Maritime Police Station on the 31st, at around 4:06 a.m. that day, a report was received that Mr. A (male, in his 80s), a resident of Sinan-gun Sinui-do, suffered a head injury and bleeding at his home, and a patrol vessel performing security duties in the nearby sea was dispatched urgently.

Upon arrival at the scene, the Coast Guard checked the extent of Mr. A’s injury and promptly transported him to Simihang Port in Jindo-gun, arriving at around 5:30 a.m., where he was handed over to the 119 ambulance team.

Earlier, at 6:02 p.m. on the 29th, the Coast Guard received a report that Mr. C (male, in his 50s), a crew member of coastal gillnet fishing vessel B, was injured on part of his body by a roller while reinforcing the net in the sea 6.5 km northwest of Bigeumdo, Sinan-gun. Using the coastal rescue boat from the substation, he was transported to Namgang Pier, Amtaedo.

Mr. A and Mr. C, who were transported to the mainland by the Coast Guard, were moved to a large hospital in Mokpo for detailed examinations and are currently receiving treatment.

Meanwhile, this year, the Mokpo Maritime Police Station has been playing a vital role as a “rescue vehicle on the sea” by swiftly transporting 264 emergency patients from island areas and the sea within its jurisdiction to the mainland through patrol vessels and coastal rescue boats from substations.

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