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German Sailor Stable

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Mark Dawson, NSRI Gqeberha duty coxswain, said: NSRI Gqeberha was alerted at 18h25, Tuesday, 26 March, to prepare for the medical evacuation of a seaman suffering a medical condition onboard a container motor vessel diverted to head towards Algoa Bay.

At that stage the motor vessel was 60 nautical miles East from the Port of Port Elizabeth.

At 23h00 the go ahead was sounded and at 00h19 the NSRI rescue craft Rescue 6 Alpha was launched, accompanied by an EC Government Health EMS rescue technician.

We rendezvoused with the vessel 7 nautical miles off-shore, in Algoa Bay, where an NSRI MEX (Maritime Extrication) crewman and the paramedic were transferred onto the vessel.

The patient, age, 43, from Germany, was in a stable condition and he was transferred onto our NSRI rescue craft.

In the care of the paramedic the patient was brought to our NSRI station 6 rescue base and in a stable condition he was transported to hospital by EMS ambulance.

NSRI Gqeberha duty controllers, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre), TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) Port of Port Elizabeth Port Control, Telkom Maritime Radio Services, SA Police Services (SAPS) Sea Borderline Control, a WC Government Health EMS duty doctor and EC Government Health EMS Metro duty controllers assisted MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) in the logistics and coordination of the urgent rescue operation.

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