Fast Missile Vessel SLNS Nandimithra attached to the Southern Naval Command transferred an injured Russian crew member on Bulk Carrier MV Boston belonging to Marshall Island ashore for treatment on July 22.
The crew member’s one leg was injured in an accident on MV Boston. It was sailing from Guinea to Singapore.
The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre informed about the patient and the vessel was dispatched from the Galle harbour to the location, 146 nautical miles off the Galle light house. The patient was transferred to the Galle Harbour and admitted to the Karapitiya Hospital.