Coast Guard rescues sick man on board merchant ship

A 26-year old man who was seriously ill onboard a merchant ship in mid-sea has been rescued by the Coast Guard and hospitalised in Visakhapatnam.
Acting on a request for urgent medical help from the merchant ship PANAMAX-4 in the Bay of Bengal, the Coast Guard Eastern Region, swung into action and rushed its ship "ARNVESH" and a Chetak helicopter for the rescue mission, a Coast Guard release said here today.
The helicopter piloted by Commandant R Ramesh safely landed onboard the merchant vessel and evacuated Ishitiyak Ahmed.
He was later brought to the shores and admitted to a private hospital in Vishakapatnam where his condition was reported to be stable, the release said.

Coast Guard has saved 4,696 lives and taken up 238 medical evacuations since inception, it added.