Saudi team rescues Greek tanker crewman

In this August 31, 2017 photo, a Saudi Red Crescent Authority air ambulance transports a sick Hajj pilgrim to a hospital in Makkah. The SCRA also sent an air ambulance to transport a sick seaman from a Greek oil tanker in the Red Sea to a hospital. (SCRA photo via Twitter)

RIYADH: A Saudi emergency team rescued a sick crew member on a Greek oil tanker in the Red Sea and transported him for medical treatment.
The ship’s captain contacted the Jeddah coordination center for search and rescue operations in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba on Friday night. He said his crew member, a Filipino, was seriously ill and required a medical evacuation.
A Saudi border guard team and medical staff from King Fahad Marine Base in Wajh was dispatched to the ship, which was 80 nautical miles south of the port of Dhiba on its way to Suez in Egypt.
After the provision of humanitarian and medical services, the patient was transported by the Saudi Red Crescent Commission to Wajh General Hospital, a spokesman for the border guard said.