On Monday morning, rescuers onboard ship SAR 412 from the Da Nang-based Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) No 2 safely brought a fisherman suffering appendicitis off the coast of Thua Thien-Hue Province to Da Nang for treatment.

The rescue of the sick fisherman being in progress

At 5:15am on Monday, a 55-year-old fisherman was reported to suffer from severe pain symptoms in the right pelvic region and urinary retention whilst his vessel was fishing off the coast of Thua Thien-Hue Province.

The boat’s owner made a phone call to Viet Nam MRCC in order to ask for help.

After receiving a report about distressed crew member, Viet Nam MRCC immediately helped the boat’s crew members to contact doctors from the city's Emergency Centre 115 to ask for first aid instructions.

Doctors from the city's Emergency Centre 115 said to the boat’s crew members that the victim showed the signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis, and they needed to rush the victim to hospital to receive timely treatment.

Then, 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 victim.

At 8.10am on the same day, SAR 412 reached the fishing boat, and the patient was, then, transferred to the rescue ship for initial first aid. Upon his arrival in the mainland, he was rushed to the Da Nang General Hospital for further treatment.

By HOANG SA- Translated by A.T