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Sick fisherman saved at sea off Hoang Sa islands

A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) rescued an ill fisherman and brought him ashore for medical care in the central city of Da Nang on February 24.
Sick fisherman saved at sea off Hoang Sa islands ảnh 1Le Ngoc Khon gets medical care on board. (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) – A ship from the Vietnam MaritimeSearch and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) rescued an ill fishermanand brought him ashore for medical care in the central city of Da Nang onFebruary 24.

Le Ngoc Khon, born in 1987 from the central province of Quang Ngaiprovince, suffered shortness of breath, frothing and serious health conditionwhile onboard a fishing boat at sea off the Hoang Sa (Paracels) islands onFebruary 23.

Right after receiving Captain Nguyen Van Vinh call’s for emergencymedical assistance, the centre asked him to return to land and contacted theDa Nang 115 Emergency Centre for medical consultancy.

According to doctors’ diagnosis, Khon, with asthma history, experiencedType 3 respiratory failure, and he was in need of emergency first aid.

The Vietnam MRCC dispatched ship SAR 274 with doctors, nursesand medical equipment on board, which reached the fishing vessel with the patient late the same day. Khon was given first aid and then taken onshorefor further medical treatment. His life was saved but the patient is still in poor condition. 

Also on February 23, the Vietnam MRCC’s ship SAR 412 joinedsearch and rescue efforts for two missing fishermen onboard a fishing vessel from QuangNgai province, which collided with a cargo ship in the waters of the centrallocality./.
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