TOKYO, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese authorities have helped hospitalize a Chinese sailor who suffered an acute disease on board a cargo ship in the waters east of Japan, said Xue Jian, an official from the Chinese embassy, on Saturday.
In a telephone interview with Xinhua, Xue said the Chinese cargo ship was en route to Shanghai from Panama in the waters around 1,900 km east of Japan when the sailor was struck with an acute disease at about 1 p.m. (0400 GMT) Thursday.
After receiving emergency calls for help from the Chinese vessel, the Japanese side sent a patrol ship, an MSDF chopper as well as an airship to help transfer the patient to hospital, he said, adding that the sailor was at last taken to a university- affiliated hospital in Tokyo.
Xue said that the Chinese embassy requested the Japan Coast Guard to try their utmost to help transfer the patient and expressed its heartfelt thanks to the Japanese side.
And the patient was now in stable condition, he added.
