24-year-old Filipino sailor evacuated off a vessel in Durban
Lusanda Bill
23
September 2014
The National Sea Rescue Institute inDurban had to evacuate a
24-year-old Filipino sailor off a ship heading towards Durban from Brazil .
The National Sea Rescue Institute in
This is after he sustained a right leg
compound fracture and a head injury after falling about 6 meters into a cargo
hold aboard a vessel.
NSRI Spokesperson Craig Lambinon said when
we arrived on scene the patient was loaded on a helicopter and airlifted to a
hospital in Durban .
Lambinon said the medical team continued
treatment in the helicopter where he was in a serious but stable condition.
“His treatment is being continued at a Durban hospital by
medical staff” Lambinon added.
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