The National Sea Rescue Institute
together with the South African Air Force and the Western Cape Health Emergency
Services were activated to respond to an ill patient between Hermanus and
Stuisbaai.
The ship that the 56-year-old
Chinese male was in reported to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre that
the man was running out of breath. The
56-year-old is the 2nd engineer of the ship.
NSRI Spokesperson Craig Lambinon
said on arrival on scene the helicopter landed on the
ships deck and the patient was found to be in a stable condition.
He added that Medical
treatment was initiated by the EMS EMS Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital
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