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According to DIG, Coast Guard, Goa region, Manoj Baadkar, at about 14:15 hrs a message was received at Coast Guard Headquarters, Goa, from the captain of the vessel that one 75-yr-old German passenger Konrad Anton had suffered a cardiac arrest and required immediate evacuation. Reacting swiftly to the situation, the ICG immediately launched a helicopter and dispatched a ship for evacuating the patient.
Sensing the urgency as it was a case of cardiac arrest, the ICG launched an immediate respon
se and also coordinated with the vessel owner to appoint an agent and get a cardiac ambulance somewhere near to the Miramar beach. The ship was also advised to head towards Goa with maximum speed. The patient was then successfully evacuated and winched by Coast Guard helicopter from north of Reddi port and brought to an ambulance which was coordinated to wait at Miramar beach closer to Manipal hospital. The patient was handed thereafter over to the agent M/s Bakshi Co and the medical team.
The patient has been shifted to Manipal hospital and is reported to be stable and under treatment by a team of specialists at Manipal Hospital, informed the press note.
The patient has been shifted to Manipal hospital and is reported to be stable and under treatment by a team of specialists at Manipal Hospital, informed the press note.
