The Maldives National Defence Force’s (MNDF) rescue officers have on Sunday helped carry a young man aboard a fishing vessel to Kulhudhuffushi island, in Haa Dhaal atoll, for treatment.

The MNDF said the 24-year-old man’s condition was reported to them at about 8:05 PM on Sunday night, and they had ‘immediately’ dispatched their northern area coast guard squadron.

The man was aboard a vessel, named ‘Hiyaroadhi’, 90 nautical miles west of Kulhudhuffushi island. The vessel had then been near Ihavandhoo island of Haa Alif atoll.