Mokpo Coast Guard Busy Transporting Emergency Patient Amid Weather Worsening and Flooded Vessel Response

Sweating It Out Handling Various Situations Including Emergency Patients Over the Weekend and Holidays

Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) worked hard to handle various situations, including emergency patients, during the weekend holidays amid bad weather.

According to Mokpo Maritime Police on the 20th, at around 9:51 PM on the 17th, a report was received that flooding occurred on vessel A (24t, fishing boat, registered in Mokpo, no crew on board) moored at Dongmyeong Port in Mokpo City.

Mokpo Coast Guard is transporting emergency patients from island areas to the mainland.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard]

Upon arrival at the accident site, the maritime police immediately reinforced the mooring lines, carried out dewatering operations, took safety measures including moving nearby vessels, and used a crane arranged by the shipowner to salvage the vessel.

Earlier, at 4:44 PM, patient B (in his 40s), who complained of severe abdominal pain accompanied by vomiting on Heuksando Island, Sinan County, was safely transported to Seomang Port, Jindo via a patrol boat and a coastal rescue boat.

Then, at 10:35 AM on the 18th, patient C (in his 70s), who was injured on his right hand while working with mooring lines near Mokpo Port in Mokpo City, was quickly handed over to the 119 emergency medical team using a patrol boat.

Also, at 4:34 PM on the 19th, a report was received that patient D (female, in her 80s), who complained of headache accompanied by impaired consciousness, was on Neungsando Island, Sinan County, and she was promptly transported to the mainland via a patrol boat.

Meanwhile, Mokpo Maritime Police has transported 285 emergency patients so far this year using patrol boats and helicopters.

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