The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said a crew responded to a distress call made from the 73,000-dwt Elefsis (built 1997) on Monday to the country’s ports authority TNPA.
A government paramedic was taken aboard after the master suffered a suspected asthma attack and breathing difficulties.
The patient was found to be in a stable but deteriorating condition and despite emergency resuscitation efforts, he lapsed into unconsciousness.
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