Chennai, Sept. 16 -- In an emergency operations, The Indian Coast Guard (ICG)has rescued an injured Syrian National in mid sea from a cargo vessel while onpassage from Male in Maldives to Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, today.
A defence statement here said the ICG carried out mid sea medical emergencyevacuation from 'Belize' registered cargo vessel "MV Haje Nafela (IMO:9186479)"at 1100 hrs today.
The vessel whilst on passage from Male, Maldives to Kakinada reported severehead injury to a 20-year-old Syrian crew Abdulkader Yahya, while working on deck.
The patient was reported to have intermittent memory loss after injury and severecontusion on right eye.
The Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC), Chennai received informationfrom maste...