Ba Ria-Vung Tau: nine sailors on Chinese vessel saved in suspected food poisoning
Nine critical ill sailors in a suspected food poisoning case on a Chinese vessel have been saved after being taken to the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, said a local health official.
Medical workers tend to the sailors at the Con Dao military-civil medical centre (Source: VNA)
Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – Nine critical ill sailors in a suspectedfood poisoning case on a Chinese vessel have been saved after being taken tothe southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, said a local health official.
They are among 21 sailors on the Wu Zhou 8 en route from Thailand to China, whosuddenly fell ill suspectedly from food poisoning when the cargo ship was about63 miles to the southeast of Con Dao island, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
After receiving distress calls from the ship on September 30morning, the national rescue committee quickly dispatched two helicopters tobring the victims to a hospital onshore.
When the rescue forcearrived, 10 sailors were already dead and 11 others were in criticalconditions. Another two sailors died on the way to a hospital on Con Daoisland.
Director of the Con Dao military-civil medical centre Le Cong Tho said onOctober 1 morning that six victims have gained consciousness and were able tocommunicate, two others have shown positive progress, and one was still in acoma.
Headded that the provincial health department had sent two more doctors and onenurse to Con Dao to help with the treatment.
According to the Vung Tau-based coordinating centre for maritime rescue inregion 3, rescue forces on a ship sent by the centre had reached the ship topreserve the bodies of the dead sailors./.
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Medical workers tend to the sailors at the Con Dao military-civil medical centre (Source: VNA) 
