A sick member of the crew of fishing boat QT 91243 TS from Quang Tri Province’s Vinh Linh District was safely brought back to Da Nang for treatment last Saturday evening.

Fishing boat QT 91243 TS

At 2.00pm that day, 31-year-old fisherman Le Thanh Hai was reported to be in a deep coma with a serious head injury.  At the time the vessel was fishing about 60 nautical miles off the Da Nang coast.

After receiving an SOS message from the boat’s captain, staff at the Viet Nam Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (Viet Nam MRCC) rang the Da Nang Emergency Centre 115 to ask for first aid instructions.  In addition, they urged the boat’s captain to head back towards the mainland as quickly as possible to help the man get urgent treatment. 

At 2.35pm, Viet Nam MRCC asked the Da Nang MRCC to send out its rescue ship SAR 412, carrying a doctor from the city’s Emergency Centre 115, to help the sick crew member.

By 5.00pm, SAR 412 had arrived at the scene and the patient was transferred to the rescue ship for initial first aid before being transported back to the mainland for further treatment in a hospital in Da Nang.