The captain of Palau-flagged SEA HERMES ship off the coast of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province on October 10 requested the urgent evacuation of an ill crewmember for medical treatment. — VNA/VNS Photo Huỳnh Sơn

BÀ RỊA-VŨNG TÀU — A crewmember from the Philippines who was seriously ill on board the Palau-flagged SEA HERMES ship in waters off the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu has been brought ashore for treatment by Vietnamese rescuers.

The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre Region 3 (MRCC3) on Friday (October 11) morning announced that the centre received a message from the ship MMSI 511101504 around 2pm on October 10 saying that the ill crewmember, Cruz Jesus, 52, was on the way from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to China.

The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre Region 3’s rescue ship SAR 413 transferred the ill crewmember of the Palau-flagged SEA HERMES ship ashore for urgent treatment. — VNA/VNS Photo Huỳnh Sơn

The SEA HERMES ship’s captain requested the urgent evacuation of the ill crewmember for medical treatment.

Upon receiving this information, the centre guided the ship to move to waters near Vũng Tàu city for further assistance.

Faced with a life-threatening emergency situation, and under the direction of the National Committee for Disaster Incident Response and Search and Rescue, the Ministry of Transport, and the Việt Nam Maritime Administration, a specialised search-and-rescue ship SAR 413 carrying rescuers and doctors was sent from the centre to the scene and collected the ill crewmember.

The ill crewmember was handed over to the local authorities, and then sent to the Franco-Vietnamese (FV) Hospital in HCM City for further treatment. — VNA/VNS Photo Huỳnh Sơn

At around 9pm on the same day, the ship SAR 413 found the SEA HERMES ship, and the doctors gave first aid treatment to the ill crewmember on board.

It successfully transported the victim to its port in the province’s Vũng Tàu City to hand over to the local authorities, and then sent him to the Franco-Vietnamese (FV) Hospital in HCM City for further treatment. — VNS