12 October,2022 07:02 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
An Iranian Navy officer being evacuated through Indian Navy ALH, in Mumbai, Wednesday. Pic/PTI
The Indian Navy on Wednesday evacuated an Iranian naval personnel, who suffered a cardiac arrest on board a vessel off the Mumbai coast.
"An Indian Navy ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) was launched from INS Shikra, Mumbai at about 0830 hours today, in response to a request from the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy for MEDEVAC (medical evacuation) of an Iranian Navy personnel," the Navy said in a statement.
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The Iranian Navy personnel had suffered a cardiac arrest onboard IRI Ship Makaran (a ship of the Iranian Navy) off Mumbai coast, it said.
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The aircraft evacuated the patient along with two attendants from the ship and airlifted them directly to Navy hospital, INHS Asvini, it added.
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