The centre received a request for help from BELFUJI ship flagged in Marshall Islands at 3:45pm on November 18, which wasen route from Argentina to China.
When the ship was about 150 nautical miles off Vietnam’sHoang Sa (Paracel) to the southeast, a 39-year-old Vietnamese sailor on the ship experienced symptoms of prolonged vomiting and rapidly deterioratinghealth, accompanied by abdominal distension and yellow skin and eyes.
After receiving the request from the ship’s captain, thecentre coordinated with relevant agencies to provide health advice. A ship was dispatched to bring the ill sailor to Da Nang for treatment ata local hospital./.