SL Navy assist to transfer injured Russain sailor ashore for treatment

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Sri Lanka navy assisted to transfer a severely injured Russian crew member on board 'MV Boston', a Bulk Carrier belonging to Marshall Island, ashore for treatment on Sunday.

The crew member had got one of his legs severely injured due to an accident on board 'MV Boston' which were on her passage from Guinea to Singapore.

Navy said on receipt of the information released by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre about the patient, SLNS Nandimithra, the Fast Missile Vessel attached to Southern Naval Command had dispatched from Galle harbour to the location -146 nautical miles off Galle light house.

Accordingly, the patient was safely transferred to the Galle harbour and admitted to Teaching Hospital-Karapitiya for medical treatment. (Darshana Sanjeewa)

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Banda Tuesday, 24 July 2018 01:00 AM

Sri Lanka is not a rich country but unbelievably we have free medical service. So this Russian would have had free medical treatment.From America to many European countries do not have free medical service. We should publicise this to entire world,as the world does not know about it.

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