Yesterday the Titan / NSRI team flew a 29 mile round trip from their base in Table Bay to evacuate a 52 year old bosun from the ship Hebei Forest. Having complained of chest pains for the past five days it was suspected that he had suffered a heart attack. The man was able to walk to the helicopter which had landed on the ship. He was checked out by a METRO paramedic and on landing back at the Titan base, was taken to hospital by the ships agent.
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The NSRI has reached a new milestone in Nelson Mandela Bay, with the installation of the metro's first three Pink Rescue Buoys at high-risk points around North End Lake, marking the start of a drowning prevention drive for the area's ...
Navigating through 3 to 4 metre swells 8 nautical miles off the Port of Port Elizabeth, NSRI Gqeberha crew carried out a challenging maritime medical evacuation before dawn on Wednesday, 22 July, bringing an injured seafarer safely to hospital. ...
A 38-year-old seafarer is recovering in hospital after a dramatic multi-agency rescue in Table Bay on Wednesday, 22 July, made possible by the swift action of a local fishing vessel that answered a call for help over the marine radio ...