A Burmese sailor has been rescued from a ship off Cape Town and taken to hospital in a critical condition with malaria, the National Sea Rescue Institute said.
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A Burmese sailor has been rescued from a ship off Cape Town and taken to hospital in a critical condition with malaria, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Sunday.
Rescue workers initially thought he had yellow fever, NSRI spokesman Craig Lambinon said in a statement.
They went out to a bulk carrier ship off Cape Town on Saturday after receiving a report that the 43-year-old man from Myanmar was unconscious and had a fever.
They found him in a critical condition, placed him on a rescue craft and took him to a hospital in Port Elizabeth, said Lambinon.
He said the ship was sailing from Cameroon to Singapore, and its last port of call was Cape Town. - Sapa