Sri Lanka Navy, brought a critically ill fisherman ashore for medical treatment, with the assistance of Indian Coast Guard. The person had set off for fishing onboard the multiday fishing trawler “Neli Duwa” from Trincomalee on July 3. Acting on information disseminated by the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, the Sri Lanka Navy directed a Fast Attack Craft attached to the Eastern Naval Command to the location. Accordingly, the fishing trawler was spotted in the International Maritime Boundary Line, about 160 nautical miles off Foul Point, Trincomalee.The patient was transferred from the fishing trawler to the SLN craft with the assistance of Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarang. Having brought the ill fisherman to the Naval Dockyard in Trincomalee, he was rushed to the Trincomalee General Hospital, for further treatment.