Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Transfers Two Emergency Patients

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) urgently transported an emergency patient from an island village to the mainland.

Mokpo Coast Guard is transporting an emergency patient who occurred in Jindo.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station]

According to Mokpo Maritime Police on the 16th, at around 11:35 PM on the 15th, a report was received that resident A (in his 60s) in Jodo, Jindo-gun, was showing symptoms of hypotension and vomiting.

The maritime police dispatched a coastal rescue boat from the substation to Changyu Port in Jindo-gun, boarded resident A and his guardian, and quickly transported them to Seomang Port in Jindo-gun.

Earlier that day, at around 10:26 AM, the maritime police received a report that resident B (female, in her 90s) in Gwanmaedo, Jindo-gun, was showing symptoms of hypertension, and dispatched a coastal rescue boat from the substation to swiftly transport her to the mainland.

The two emergency patients transported with the help of the maritime police were reportedly moved to hospitals located in Gwangju and Jindo for treatment.

Meanwhile, Mokpo Maritime Police Station is doing its best to protect the lives of island residents by transporting 37 emergency patients from islands and at sea to the mainland this year using patrol vessels and other means.