Mokpo Coast Guard, Weekend Emergency Transfers of Island Residents Continue

An emergency patient in their 90s with hip joint pain was urgently transported by the Coast Guard. (Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Im Jae-su) urgently transported emergency patients who occurred consecutively in the island areas of Jeollanam-do over the weekend.

According to Mokpo Maritime Police on the 26th, at 7:24 a.m. on the 25th, a report was received that resident A (female in her 90s) was unable to move due to hip pain in Shindo, Haewi-myeon, Sinan-gun, and a patrol boat was dispatched immediately.

The maritime police boarded resident A and her guardian on site and transported them to Bokho Pier on Anjwa-do, handing them over to the waiting 119 ambulance team at 9:34 a.m.

Prior to this, at 6:17 p.m. on the 24th, the maritime police received a report that resident B (in his 50s) fell while working on the roof of a building in Jodo, Jindo-gun, fracturing his wrist and ankle. The coastal rescue boat of the police substation was dispatched, and B was urgently transported to Seomang Port, Jindo.

Residents A and B, transported with the help of the maritime police, were moved to hospitals in Mokpo and Gwangju respectively and are currently undergoing treatment.

A representative of the Mokpo Maritime Police said, “We will always do our best to promptly transport emergency patients in island areas with inconvenient transportation who need a helping hand.”