New Delhi : A critically injured Chinese mariner has been airlifted from a bulk carrier by an Indian Navy helicopter off the coast of Mumbai in Maharashtra, a senior naval official said on Wednesday. The patient has been transported to an air station by a helicopter and subsequently shifted to a hospital for further medical management, the official said.
The Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC), Mumbai received a distress call on Tuesday from bulk carrier 'Zhong Shan Men' 200 nm (approximately 370 km) from Mumbai reporting heavy blood loss, due to a critical injury to a 51-year-old Chinese mariner, requesting immediate evacuation, the Navy said.