Mumbai: In a daring air-sea coordinated operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) carried out a medical evacuation from a service provider ship off the Goa coast on Sunday (June 6).
At 4:30am on Sunday Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Mumbai acquired details about Mr. Yi Myong Bok, a 50-year-old South Korean nationwide and Captain of the ship MT ELIM needing emergency medical intervention.
ICG instructed the Marshall Island flagged service provider vessel, which was about 109 nautical miles southwest of Goa, to proceed in direction of the coastal state at most pace.
Based on the operational plan of Coast Guard District HQ Goa, Indian Coast Guard ship C-158 sailed out from there and maintained steady communication with MT ELIM and periodically ascertained the situation of the affected person.
For speedy medical evacuation, Coast Guard Chetak helicopter was launched from Coast Guard Air Enclave Goa at 11am. The helicopter reached the vessel in about 50 minutes and braved gusting monsoon winds to airlift the affected person with the assistance of an aircrew diver by 12:05pm.
In a video of the evacuation, the affected person and people in shut contact with him are seen clad in full physique PPE fits, in adherence to COVID-19 norms.
The affected person was safely introduced ashore and shifted to SMRC hospital in Vasco, Goa, the place his situation is reported to be secure.
Successful execution leading to saving of valuable life at sea, reiterates the religion of sea farers within the Indian Coast Guard, which all the time lives as much as its motto “Vayam Rakshamah; We Protect”.
