Mokpo Coast Guard's Swift Response to Consecutive Emergency Situations Over the Weekend

1 Stranded Vessel, 2 Emergency Patient Transfers... 3 Cases of Maritime Navigation-Disrupting Vessel Safety Management

Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) has been making every effort to handle situations that occurred consecutively over the weekend holidays.

On the 9th at around 1:07 PM, Mokpo Maritime Police used a patrol vessel to provide emergency treatment to patient B (in his 70s), who had a severed finger, aboard cargo ship A (6,000 tons, Busan-registered, 15 crew) near Seogeochado, Jindo-gun, and transported him to land via a coastal rescue boat.

Mokpo Coast Guard is transporting an emergency patient.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station]

Earlier, at 10:02 PM on the 8th, they safely transported C (5 years old), who showed symptoms of whole-body hives accompanied by coughing, from Anmado, Yeonggwang-gun to land using a patrol vessel.

The emergency patients transported to land with the help of the maritime police were reportedly transferred to large hospitals located in Gwangju and Muan for treatment.

Additionally, at 3:16 PM on the same day, Mokpo Maritime Police received a report that vessel D (9.77 tons, coastal gillnet, Mokpo-registered, 2 crew) ran aground on a reef near Jaeundo, Sinan-gun. They mobilized patrol forces and private marine rescue vessels to carry out refloating operations and ensured safety until the vessel entered the port.

Meanwhile, Mokpo Maritime Police also conducted safety management on three vessels with operational impairments such as engine failures that occurred over the weekend, handling a total of six maritime incidents during the weekend holidays.

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