The officer was in the German naval ship Bayern, which was about 275 kms from Mumbai coast.
A German Navy officer was airlifted from a naval ship in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai coast following a medical emergency, the Indian Navy said on Friday.
The officer was in the German naval ship Bayern, which was about 275 kms from the city coast. He was air-lifted on Thursday, it said.
"Based on a request from the German Embassy, the patient was landed at INS Shikra by a ship-borne Super Lynx helicopter. The air evacuation from German Naval Ship Bayern located about 275 kms from Mumbai was coordinated by the Western Naval Command," the Navy said.
The @indiannavy extended prompt medical care & support to an officer evacuated from German Naval Ship Bayern about 275 km off Mumbai.
— PRO Defence Mumbai (@DefPROMumbai) January 21, 2022
Based on a request from the German Embassy, the patient was landed at #INSShikra by a ship-borne Super Lynx helicopter, coordinated by #WNC. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/XN6NYvkRH7
The officer was taken to INHS Asvini, where he was attended to by a multidisciplinary team of specialist doctors and underwent several tests.
The patient is stable and is under observation, it added.
