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Nice One Mark!

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Mark Dawson, NSRI Gqeberha duty coxswain, said: At 16h12, Saturday, 26 August, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following reports of a motor vessel returning towards Algioa Bay with an injured adult male Greek crewman onboard.

The NSRI rescue craft Spirit of Toft was launched accompanied by an EC Government Health EMS rescue paramedic and we rendezvoused with the casualty vessel in Algoa Bay in light winds and 3 to 4 meter sea swells.

An NSRI rescue swimmer boarded the motor vessel and the patient, in a serious but stable condition was transferred onto our NSRI rescue crafty.

In the care of the EMS rescue paramedic the patient was brought to our NSRI Gqeberha rescue station and transported to hospital by an EMS ambulance and the patient is being cared for in hospital.

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

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