The National Sea Rescue Institute
in Port Elizabeth BBC STEINWALL.
NSRI Spokesperson Craig Lambinon said the bulk
carrier was sailing from Durban Cape Town
Lambinnon said NSRI
launched the sea rescue craft EIKOS RESCUER IV accompanied by a Gardmed
ambulance services paramedic and rendezvoused with the ship, 5 nautical miles
off-shore in the evening.
He added that paramedics
stabilized the patient who was suffering from pain and the patient was
transferred aboard the sea rescue craft and brought to shore where a Gardmed
ambulance transported him to hospital in a serious but stable condition. And
when Hospital doctors operated found a burst appendix and following a
successful surgical operation the patient is expected to make a full recovery.
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