Mokpo Coast Guard Transfers Two Elderly Patients from Island Area Amid Bad Weather Conditions

Making Every Effort to Transport Patients Through High Waves and Strong Winds

Mokpo Maritime Police safely transported two elderly patients from island areas to the mainland despite bad weather on the 15th.

According to the Maritime Police on the 16th, at 7 a.m. that day, a wind and wave advisory was in effect for all seas in the southern West Sea offshore area, which was upgraded to a wind and wave warning by 6 p.m., bringing waves about 3 to 5 meters high and strong winds of 14 to 16 m/s.

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

At 10:49 a.m. on the 15th, Mokpo Maritime Police received an emergency transport report for patient A (in his 80s), suspected of intestinal obstruction, at the Shinan-gun Sinui Health Center in Jeollanam-do, and immediately dispatched a patrol vessel.

The Maritime Police boarded the patient and guardian onto the patrol vessel and safely handed them over to the 119 ambulance team at Jindo Shimi Port.

Then, at 6:04 p.m., they received a report from the Ha-ui Health Center in Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, that patient B (female, in her 70s) was suspected of a brain disease accompanied by hypertension, and transported her to the mainland using a patrol vessel.

A Mokpo Maritime Police official said, “There were many difficulties in transporting emergency patients in rough sea weather, but we will respond perfectly to emergencies even in worsening weather conditions.”

Meanwhile, it is known that the two patients transported to the mainland with the help of the Maritime Police received treatment at large hospitals located in Mokpo and Jindo.

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