PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Plettenberg Bay station responded to two separate incidents on consecutive days this week, assisting injured women at Robberg Nature Reserve and Keurbooms Beach.
Station commander Jaco Kruger said the operations were carried out on Monday 6 April and Tuesday 7 April.
Robberg Nature Reserve
In the first incident, at 14:56 on Monday, NSRI crews were activated following reports of a woman injured while hiking at Robberg Nature Reserve.
CapeNature officials were alerted while NSRI members responded both from the station base and in private vehicles.
Sea conditions were deemed unfavourable for a rescue craft, forcing crews to proceed on foot. On arrival at the parking area, rescuers hiked to The Gap, where they found a 62-year-old tourist from Taiwan, accompanied by her husband.
The woman had sustained an injury while hiking. She was stabilised on scene, with a CapeNature ranger also in attendance, before being carried back to the parking area by rescuers. The couple were then escorted in their private vehicle to a local hospital, where she was placed in the care of medical staff. She was later transferred to a hospital in Knysna for further treatment.
The operation was completed at 16:21.
Keurbooms Beach
In the second incident, at 12:06 on Tuesday, NSRI crews were dispatched to Cathedral Rock at Keurbooms Beach after reports of another injured woman.
It is believed the 68-year-old woman from Langebaan, who was walking along the beach with her husband, was injured while passing through a gap at Cathedral Rock during low tide. An incoming set of waves reportedly caused her to sustain a serious injury.
NSRI medics treated and stabilised her at the scene before carrying her off the beach to a rescue vehicle. She was then transported to hospital, where she remains under medical care.
The second operation concluded at 14:06.
Kruger said both women are expected to make a full recovery.
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