At 19:30 on October 6, the Nansha Marine Department of Guangzhou received an emergency call from a crew member of a ship namedXX Fountainregistered in Hong Kong, China, saying that a Chinese crew member was in critical condition due to sudden angina pain, who was pale in face and sweating all over the body, and was in urgent need of medical treatment on shore.
Upon receiving the report, Nansha Marine Department immediately launched the "special line for crew's medical treatment" and released the distress information to the "crew's medical treatment group". Professional doctors in the group quickly carried out remote diagnosis and guided the crew to self-rescue at the first time. At the same time, the Nansha District CDC was contacted to quickly identify the crew member's epidemic control category and guide the implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures. And then the customs, border inspection and other port joint inspection departments were coordinated to simplify the landing process of the crew, and contacted ambulance of Nansha District to transfer the crew to Nansha Central Hospital. At 22:00 on June 6, the crew was successfully transferred to the hospital for rescue. According to the diagnosis, he suffered from acute myocardial infarction, and the left ventricle of the right coronary artery was blocked, requiring stent implantation. Guangzhou maritime authorities learned from the hospital on June 9 that the crew has completed the surgery to install a heart stent and is out of danger, staying in the intensive care unit for observation and would be discharged in about a week. According to the doctor, the crew is in less heart collateral circulation, which is very prone to sudden death. Fortunately, the timely transfer brought precious time for rescue.
"At present, the epidemic situation in Nansha district is grim and complex. We have always adhered to the principle of life first, accepted applications for crew's injuries all the time, and made every effort to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and crew rescue and security work." Lin Feipeng said, who is law enforcement battalion captain of Nansha Marine Department Luwan Sea patrol . It is reported that since the launch of the special line, Guangzhou maritime authorities have successfully rescued 161 sick and injured crew.
Reprinted from: China Transportation News Network