FV Hospital's medical team travelled more than 40 nautical miles at night, climbed a rope ladder onto the ship amid rough seas, and coordinated with other forces to safely transfer the patient to the hospital for successful treatment.
The hospital announced on Aug. 4 that after nearly two weeks of treatment and rehabilitation, the patient, 46-year-old man Vakhitov Rena, had been discharged in stable condition.
In mid-July 2026, the hospital's Emergency and Trauma Department received an urgent call from a maritime agency.
Initial information indicated that a Russian crew member aboard a container ship traveling on an international maritime route had suddenly developed weakness and paralysis on one side of his body, suspected of suffering a stroke.
Other crew members help sending the Russian patient from a container ship to a speedboat where medics were waiting off the coast of Ho Chi Minh City, July 2026. Photo provided by FV Hospital
