Navy rendered assistance to bring a critically ill fisherman ashore for immediate treatment in Trincomalee yesterday.
The fisherman who went fishing from the Codbay harbour in Trincomalee for multiday fishing trawler Danushka Putha, had fallen seriously ill due to a heart stroke out at sea.
Upon receipt of this information, Navy promptly dispatched the Fast Attack Craft to the sea area about 8.5 nautical miles off Foul Point. The patient was safely transferred to the naval craft and brought to the Naval Dockyard, Trincomalee. Subsequently,he was rushed to the Trincomalee District General Hospital for further treatment.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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