The Minister of National Defense, Javier García, highlighted on his Twitter account the “great professionalism of the medical team and the aircraft crew in a high-risk maneuver.”
The naval aviation has just completed the rescue and transfer to a sanatorium in Maldonado of a Uruguayan fisherman with an acute abdominal condition from a national flag fishing boat. Great professionalism of the medical team and the aircraft crew in a high-risk maneuver. pic.twitter.com/wt903tW8ID
– Javier Garcia (@JavierGarcia_Uy) July 5, 2022
This is how the rescue was carried out, as shown by the Ministry of National Defense (MDN) on its Twitter account:
A helicopter of the Naval Aviation of the @Armada_Uruguay carried out this afternoon the rescue of a man who was in a Uruguayan-flagged fishing boat with acute appendicitis. The ship was 180 kms. from the coast of Maldonado. pic.twitter.com/zmIN0GUmnd
– MDN Uruguay (@MDN_Uruguay) July 5, 2022
