A stroke-hit Filipino sailor is brought to shore by the Vietnamese search and rescue force on August 4. (Photo: The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre) Ba Ria – VungTau (VNA) – A Filipinosailor, who was hit by a stroke, was brought to shore by a ship of the MaritimeSearch and Rescue Coordination Centre for Region III on August 4 to receivemedical attention.
The centre’srescue team was activated atmidnight of August 3 following a request for assistance from the Malta-flaggedvessel HARRIS with a crewman named Domingo G.Honolario on board who showed signs of a stroke with full paralysis of oneside of his body.
The ship,sailing from China to Malaysia, was in the waters about 200 nautical miles tothe southeast of Vung Tau Cape in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
The teamprovided the crew with first aid instructions and asked the ship to make itsway closer to the province.
However, Domingo’scondition was getting worse with life-threatening symptoms, making the centreto immediately dispatch the rescue ship SAR 413 with military doctors on boardto the site.
Approachingthe vessel at 14:30 on August 4, the rescue ship brought the patient to shore andhanded him to representatives of the Ba Ria – Vung Tau Border Guard Command andthe vessel owner – ISS-Gemadept HCM City who later took him to the hospital.–VNA
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