Juan Pretorius, NSRI Port Alfred station commander, said; “At 05h54 on Wednesday 30 November, our NSRI Port Alfred volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following a request for medical assistance from the Chokka fishing boat KENDAL reporting one of their crewmen to be suffering from continuous seizures.
“Our NSRI volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched our sea rescue craft KOWIE RESCUER and responded to the fishing boat 15 nautical miles from our harbour lying in the vicinity off-shore of Kenton-On-Sea.
“On arrival on-scene our sea rescue medics went onboard the Chokka boat and stabilized the patient who was then transferred onto our sea rescue craft and brought to Port Alfred harbor where the 40 year old (believed to be from Port Elizabeth) man was transferred into a Metro EMS ambulance and transported to hospital for further treatment. He was in a stable condition.”
