Kochi, Dec. 14 -- The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully carried out a midnight medical evacuation from Agatti Island, Lakshadweep to Kochi, Kerala, for a critically ill 75-year-old male patient diagnosed with acute subacute subdural hematoma, a press brief from the Coast Guard said.

According to the ICG, the urgent medevac request was received from the Union Territory Administration, Lakshadweep, on December 13, post closure of runway operations at Agatti airfield. The patient was on oxygen support and required immediate advanced medical care, prompting the activation of ICG's distress and humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) mechanism.

In response, the ICG launched a Dornier aircraft from its Air Enclave at Kochi Ai...