Mokpo Coast Guard Fully Committed to Securing the 'Golden Time' for Emergency Patients in Island Villages

Two Emergency Patients Suspected of Brain Disease Urgently Transported

Mokpo Coast Guard urgently transported two emergency patients suspected of brain disease from island villages to mainland hospitals in the middle of the night.

The Mokpo Coast Guard Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) announced on the 3rd that at around 11:40 p.m. on the 2nd, they received a report from Heuksando, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, that Mr. A (in his 60s) was experiencing paralysis in his right leg and was suspected of having a brain disease, and immediately dispatched a team to the scene.

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

The Coast Guard coordinated coastal rescue boats from the substation and patrol vessels to quickly check Mr. A’s health condition and moved swiftly, breaking through the pitch-black darkness to arrive at Seomang Port in Jindo-gun at around 3:49 a.m. on the 3rd, where he was transported to a hospital.

Earlier, at 10 p.m. on the 2nd, the Coast Guard received a report from Jodo, Jindo-gun, that resident Ms. B (in her 70s) was showing symptoms of nausea and vomiting, complaining of headaches and dizziness, suspected of brain disease, and urgently transported her to the mainland using a coastal rescue boat.

Mr. A and Ms. B, who were transported with the help of the Coast Guard, are known to have been transferred to a large hospital in Mokpo for treatment.

A Mokpo Coast Guard official said, “We always maintain a state of immediate response to secure the golden time for emergency patients occurring in island areas separated from the mainland and at sea.”

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