An injured captain of fishing boat QNa 91072 TS from Quang Nam Province was safely brought back to Da Nang for treatment this morning.

Doctors from the city’s Emergency Centre 115 giving initial first aid to the victim

At 6.55am on Thursday, captain Pham Viet from the province’s Tam Giang Commune was reported to suffer from severe injuries with his right hand being crushed and severe blood loss.

At that time, his vessel was fishing in Viet Nam’s Hoang Sa waters at latitude 15°30’N and longitude 110°47’E, about 30 nautical miles southwest from the Tri Ton Island.

After receiving the SOS message from the ship’s crew members, the Viet Nam Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (Viet Nam MRCC) immediately helped them to contact doctors from the Viet Nam National Institute of Maritime Medicine to ask for first aid instructions.

Besides, the Viet Nam MRCC asked the Da Nang MRCC to send out its rescue ship SAR 412, carrying doctors from the city’s Emergency Centre 115, to help the injured victim.

At 2.30pm on the same day, SAR 412 reached the fishing boat and the sick captain was, then, transferred to the rescue ship for initial first aid.

In the morning of the following day, the victim was safely brought back to the mainland for further treatment at a local hospital.