Indian Coast Guard Rescues Pakistani Ship Captain Who Suffered Heart Attack On High Seas

In a humanitarian gesture, a Pakistani national and captain of a merchant ship MV Haykal was given assistance and evacuated by Indian Coast Guard last month after he suffered a heart stroke. The vessel was enroute to Gopalpur in Odisha.

The condition of the 60 -year-old Captain Badar Hasnain who was evacuated on July 13 is now stable and will be travelling back to Pakistan today through the Attari-Wagah border.

Capt Badar Hasnain, a Pak national & master of vessel MV Haykal, suffered a heart stroke on 13 July while the vessel was en-route Gopalpur, Odisha. Indian Coast Guard responded to the request for immediate medical assistance for him & evacuated him to a hospital in Vizag: Sources

¡ª ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2020

According to a report by news agency ANI added that Captain Hasnain's well-wishers including his daughter have appreciated the humanitarian gesture of the Indian government and efforts of the doctors to provide immediate emergency evacuation and medical treatment.

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The Indian Coast Guard's Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (Chennai) responded to a request for immediate medical assistance for Captain Hasnain and the vessel was diverted to Visakhapatnam.

Hasnain was disembarked on July 13 with the assistance of the Vizag Port team and evacuated to the Queen's NRI hospital in Visakhapatnam.

#ICG MRCC(CHN) coordinated Medevac of MV Haykal Pakistani Master who suffered heart stroke & reqd immediate medical assistance. Vessel bound for Gopalpur directed to close Vizag Hbr. Patient disembarked AM 13 Jul by VPT Pilot boat & shifted to hospital for further management pic.twitter.com/6qYBTu3CwV

¡ª Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) July 13, 2020

The provisional diagnosis of the doctors at the hospital was that he suffered from "Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy" and further recommended his treatment to continue in the hospital. A tweet by the Indian Coast Guard on July 13 reads, "#ICG MRCC(CHN) coordinated Medevac of MV Haykal Pakistani Master who suffered heart stroke & reqd immediate medical assistance. Vessel bound for Gopalpur directed to close Vizag Hbr. Patient disembarked AM 13 Jul by VPT Pilot boat & shifted to hospital for further management."