Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Transports 5 Emergency Patients from Island Areas Amid Severe Weather Conditions

Sweat and Effort in Transporting Emergency Patients Day and Night on Weekends and Holidays

Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) urgently transported five emergency patients from island areas to the mainland during the day and night over the weekend holidays.

According to Mokpo Maritime Police on the 13th, at around 7:17 a.m. on the 11th, a report was received that patient A (female in her 70s) was experiencing severe dizziness on Sachi-do, Sinan-gun. A coastal rescue boat was dispatched to urgently transport her to the mainland.

Mokpo Coast Guard used patrol vessels to urgently transport emergency patients from island areas within their jurisdiction amid worsening weather conditions last weekend.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard]

Then, at around 9:17 a.m., in Jodo, Jindo-gun, B (male, 5 years old) who suffered a head injury due to a fall, along with his guardian, were quickly handed over to the 119 ambulance team using a coastal rescue boat.

On the same day, at around 7:15 p.m. in Sinui-do, Sinan-gun, a report was received that patient C (in her 80s) lost consciousness and collapsed. The patient and guardian were transported to the mainland via a patrol boat.

On the 12th, at 7:19 a.m., patient D (in his 60s) with abdominal pain and difficulty breathing was safely transported from Seongnam-do, Jindo-gun to the mainland using a coastal rescue boat, and at 11:15 p.m., patient E (female, 12 years old), suspected of meningitis on Jangsan-do, Sinan-gun, was safely transported using a patrol boat.

The Maritime Police, with the mindset of saving their own family, have been actively fulfilling the role of an ambulance at sea by urgently transporting 284 emergency patients from maritime and island areas to the mainland this year using helicopters and patrol boats.

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