5 Nghe An fishermen suffocated from toxic gas in ship's hold, 2 in critical condition

Khanh An DNUM_CHZAFZCABI 18:39

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of May 27, five fishermen from Quynh Luu, all from the same hometown, suffocated in a fish hold on a boat and are being treated at Nghe An Provincial General Hospital.

Doctors and nurses are trying their best to save the fishermen. Two of them are still unconscious and their health is very critical.

Các y, bác sỹ Khoa Hồi sức tích cực chống độc, Bệnh viện Hữu nghị Đa khoa tỉnh Nghệ An, đang nỗ lực cấp cứu các ngư dân. Ảnh: Khánh An
Doctors are actively rescuing the fishermen. Photo: Khanh An

Previously, on the afternoon of May 27, a fishing boat carrying Nguyen Ngoc Duc (resident of Tien Thuy commune, Quynh Luu district) and 4 fishermen returned to shore after nearly a week of fishing in the Gulf of Tonkin.

After the ship docked, Nguyen Ngoc Duc went down to the 3-meter deep hold to load fish and fainted from suffocation. At that time, 4 other fishermen on the ship went down to the hold to rescue Nguyen Ngoc Duc but also suffocated from toxic gas.

Locals discovered and took all five fishermen to the Intensive Care Unit of Nghe An General Hospital for emergency treatment. Two fishermen are in a very critical coma. One of them had to be put on artificial ventilation. The health of the remaining three fishermen is gradually recovering.

Ngư dân Nguyễn Ngọc Đức đang mê man bất tỉnh. Ảnh: Khánh An
Fisherman Nguyen Ngoc Duc is unconscious. Photo: Khanh An

The fishermen’s family said that because they had caught fish in the past few days but the weather was hot, the boat lacked ice to freeze the fish, so they had to dump the fish into the hold. The fish could have been left in the hold for many days in the hot weather, decomposing seafood and organic wood in the fish hold, creating toxic gas, and when the fishermen got down, they suffocated.

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