MMEA performs emergency medical evacuation in Sandakan


Slow and steady: Saripah arriving at the jetty before proceeding to the Duchess of Kent Hospital in Sandakan.

KOTA KINABALU: A sickly woman with serious eye injuries has been rescued via medical evacuation (Medevac) by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency in Sandakan.

Saripah Abdul Karim, 73, who lives in interior Kampung Tundun Bohangin, Kinabatangan, was taken on the marine vessel Halilintar 4 from her village to the Sandakan Maritime Jetty before being sent by road to the Duchess of Kent Hospital.

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