Stranded Indian sailors off United Arab Emirates (UAE) coast appeal for help

DUBAI: Eight Indian sailors stranded on a ship off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the past nine months have sent out an SOS as some of them have fallen sick, a media report said on Sunday. The sailors have been stranded without full wages aboard the MV Hoot, moored off the coast of Khor Fakkan since June 2019, Gulf News said in the report.

In recent days, two of them have reportedly developed a cold and fever while a third has contracted skin infection. With no access to healthcare or medicines, the remaining crew members fear that it was only a matter of time when they will also fall sick.

“Our condition is deteriorating day by day. We are exhausted both mentally and physically. I don’t know how long we could hold on like this,” Suresh Kumar, the ship’s chief officer, told Gulf News on Saturday over the phone. (IANS)

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