18 January 2015
NSRI St Francis Bay duty crew launched the sea rescue craft SPIRIT OF ST FRANCIS II and rendezvoused with the Chokka fishing boat BUKANI I off-shore of Jeffreys Bay to casualty evacuate a 42 year old fisherman suffering an amputated toe sustained after getting his right big toe entangled in the anchor chain.
NSRI spokesperson Craig
Lambinon said the toe was recovered and transported, with the patient.
Lambinon said aboard our sea
rescue craft to Port St Francis where Private Care ambulance services
transported the injured fisherman to hospital in a stable but serious
condition.
“It is if the toe has managed
to be reattached by doctors but the fisherman is expected to make a full
recovery Lambinon added.
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