UAE carries out urgent medical evacuation of Ukrainian man from ship in its territorial waters - GulfToday

UAE carries out urgent medical evacuation of Ukrainian man from ship in its territorial waters

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A video grab shows the National Search and Rescue Centre's helicopter airlifting Ukranian.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The National Search and Rescue Centre (NSRC) of the National Guard carried out a medical evacuation operation for a Ukrainian crewmember of a commercial ship crossing the country's territorial waters.

The man suffered a health emergency and his critical condition required him to be airlifted by an NSRC aircraft to Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City in Abu Dhabi to receive the necessary medical treatment.

 

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