Indian Coast Guard carries out mid-sea medical evacuation of private tanker’s sailor off Kerala coast
The Indian Coast Guard on Monday successfully carried out a risky mid-sea medical evacuation of a sailor, suffering from a suspected stroke and partial paralysis, from a private tanker off the Kerala coast amidst challenging weather conditions using the indigenously built Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) MK-III.
The Coast Guard said it received information about the distressed crew member — Pradeep Das — on Sunday through the Centro Internazionale Radio Medic (CIRM), Italy.
The CIRM had informed that the mariner onboard the Motor Tanker Global Star was suffering from a suspected stroke, high blood pressure and partial paralysis on the left side and required medical evacuation at the earliest, the Coast Guard said in a statement.
