Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Transports 3 Emergency Patients Over Weekend Holidays

Mokpo Coast Guard urgently transported three emergency patients from islands and the sea to the mainland consecutively.

The Mokpo Coast Guard Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) announced on the 15th that at 11:34 PM on the 14th, they received a report that Mr. A (in his 20s, Sri Lanka) was collapsed and complaining of severe chest pain on Haedo Island, Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, and immediately dispatched a patrol vessel.

Mokpo Coast Guard is handing over an emergency patient to the 119 ambulance team.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard]

The Coast Guard transported Mr. A and his guardian to Jindo Shimi Port via patrol vessel and safely handed them over to the 119 ambulance team at 1:06 AM on the 15th.

Earlier, at 6:26 PM on the 13th, a report was received that crew member Mr. C (in his 60s) of fishing boat B (9.77 tons, coastal gillnet, Shinan-registered) near Uido Island, Shinan-gun, was suspected of having a fractured arm. The Coast Guard dispatched a patrol vessel and a coastal rescue boat, provided emergency treatment, and quickly transported him to Jindo Seomang Port.

Meanwhile, at 9:15 PM on the same day, patient Mr. D (in his 60s), suspected of having a stroke with hemiplegia symptoms, was transported from Bigeumdo Island, Shinan-gun, to Amtae Namgang Dock using a coastal rescue boat.

A Mokpo Coast Guard official stated, “We will maintain a state of immediate readiness to respond to emergencies occurring in island areas and at sea, and do our best to protect the precious lives of the people.”

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