Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Transfers Emergency Patients from Island Areas During Lunar New Year Holiday

Always Maintain an 'Immediate Response Posture' for Emergency Situations

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] During the Lunar New Year holiday, the Coast Guard transported four emergency patients from island areas in Jeonnam to the mainland one after another.

According to Mokpo Coast Guard Station (Chief Lee Jong-wook) on the 25th, a report was received on the 23rd at around 5:43 PM that resident A (female, in her 80s) on Bigeumdo Island, Sinan-gun, showed suspected symptoms of cerebral infarction.

On the 20th, a patient complaining of back pain was being transported from Jukhangdo, Jindo-gun. [Photo by Mokpo Maritime Police Station]

The Coast Guard dispatched a coastal rescue boat from the local police substation to the scene, boarded resident A and medical staff, and moved to Namgang Pier in Amtaedo, where they handed over the patient to the waiting 119 ambulance team.

Earlier, on the 20th at 8:24 PM, the Coast Guard transported resident B (female, in her 60s), who complained of severe dizziness on Daemado Island, Jindo-gun, to the mainland using a patrol vessel, a coastal rescue boat from the police substation, and fishing boat C (4.18 tons, set net fishing, registered in Daemado).

Additionally, on the same day at 10:28 PM, resident D (female, in her 70s), who showed symptoms of breathing difficulty on Hajodo Island, Jindo-gun, and resident E (female, in her 40s), who complained of severe back pain on Jukhangdo Island, were sequentially transported via the coastal rescue boat from the police substation.

The four transported emergency patients were moved to hospitals located in Mokpo and Jindo, where they received emergency treatment.

A Mokpo Coast Guard official said, “We always maintain a state of readiness to respond immediately to emergencies,” adding, “Mokpo Coast Guard will do its best to protect the lives of emergency patients occurring in island areas that are medical blind spots.”

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