Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Transfers 3 Emergency Patients from Island Areas During Weekend Holidays

Full Effort in Emergency Response Including Rescue of 70s Mudflat Isolate

Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) made every effort to handle various emergency situations that occurred during the weekend holidays.

According to Mokpo Maritime Police on the 16th, a report was received that on the 15th at around 8:47 a.m., Ms. A (female in her 70s) became stranded while collecting clams in the tidal flats near Chilgok-ri, Yeonggwang-gun.

Mokpo Coast Guard is rescuing a person stranded in the mudflat.
[Photo by Mokpo Maritime Police Station]

The maritime police dispatched patrol forces to the scene and arrived at 8:55 a.m., just 8 minutes after the report, safely rescuing Ms. A.

Earlier that day, at 2:14 a.m., a report was received that a foreign crew member Mr. B (Indonesian, in his 20s) on Gageodo Island, Sinan-gun, was suspected of having a fractured left hand. He was transported to the mainland via a civilian fishing boat and a coastal rescue boat.

Then, at 3:33 p.m. on the same day, in Haewi-myeon, Sinan-gun, a patient Mr. C (in his 60s) with a dislocated leg was urgently transported along with a guardian to Swimi Port, Jindo-gun, using a patrol vessel.

A Mokpo Maritime Police official stated, “Before visiting the tidal flats, please be sure to check local weather and tide information in advance,” and added, “Mokpo Maritime Police will do its best to protect the precious lives of the people.”

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