A man suffers a heart attack on board a fishing vessel

Lusanda Bill
09 October 2012

The National Sea Rescue Institute was today called to sea after a 36-year-old man suffered a heart attack.

The man was on board the Viking Fishing Stern Trawler African Queen, at Cape Point. African Queen.

NSRI’s Craig Lambinon said an immediate helicopter rescue mission was authorized. 

Emergency Services doctor Clive Hendricks stabilised the patient on board the vessel.

Lambinon added that the rescue operation was made difficult by the rough weather.

The 36-year-old man is in a stable but serious condition at the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital.