Earlier, at 10:15am on April 24, fisherman Phan Van Gioi, born in 1982, on trawler DNa90449-TS, experienced a high fever, chest pain, dyspnea, and blisters, sometimes losing consciousness, while the boat was operating in the waters north of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago.

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A doctor on the SAR 412 treating the patient

The captain immediately contacted the Vietnam MRCC requesting medical assistance.

On receiving the mayday signal, the Vietnam MRCC coordinated with the Da Nang 115 Medical Emergency Center in providing medical advice to the crew and sent the SAR 412 on a search and rescue mission.

At 4:18pm on the following day, the ship approached the fishing boat. The patient was given first aid and transferred to the rescue ship. The remaining crew members also received health check-ups in order to avoid possible infection.

The sick fisherman was then safely taken to Da Nang for further treatment at 10:33pm on the same day.

Translated by Duong Thu