Medical Evacuation of Indian Navy Sailor from Maputo, Mozambique

As part of Mission Sagar INS Kesari was deployed to Maputo, Mozambique for delivering food aid, two Fast Interceptor Craft and self defence equipment. During the deployment one Indian Navy sailor developed a medical emergency and was required to be evacuated to India for medical intervention. An Indian Navy aircraft on routine deployment to the Southern Indian Ocean was diverted for medical evacuation of the sailor. The Indian Navy extends its heartfelt gratitude to the Government of Mozambique, Dr Sergio Fernandes Salvador (Neurosurgeon), Dr Momede Rafico Mussa Bagus (Intensivist) and Dr Simple Singh (Paediatric Nephrologist), a person of Indian origin, at Privado Hospital, Maputo for their dedicated efforts in providing medical attention to the sailor and for the safe medical evacuation. The MEDIVAC was undertaken in close coordination with the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of External Affairs and the High Commission of India in Mozambique. The medical evacuation once again brings out the inherent flexibility of Indian Navy platforms to change their roles whilst being mission deployed. Indian Navy Ships on Mission Based Deployment during the second wave of COVID were diverted to Friendly Foreign Countries in West and Southeast Asia for ferrying LMO under Operation Samudra Setu II.