Tristan : Injured Seaman Returns Home from Tristran
Submitted by Tristan Times (Sarah Glass) 22.06.2006 (Current Article)

Nicolay, who was injured while aboars M/V Pirgos on the 25th of May has recovered enough to be transported to Cape Town enroute to Bulgaria.

Photo (c) James Glass (Tristan Times) Nicolay being carried to Edinburgh's sick bay.

INJURED SEAMAN RETURNS HOME FROM TRISTAN

Nicolay on his way home.

By Sarah Glass (Tristan Times)

Nicolay, the injured Bulgarian seaman who was rescued at Tristan da Cunha has set sale from the Island on his way to Cape Town aboard the M/V Edinburgh.  He has been recovering from his accident since the end of May

The Bulgarian seaman was injured when his vessel M.V. Pirgos was on its way to Brazil from Africa.  He suffered a broken left leg, compound fracture, broken jaw, blunt trauma to the abdomen.  Being on route to Brazil the nearest medical care was Tristan and radio contact was made so that medivac arrangements could be made for him. Nicloay was collected on the afternoon of May 25^th by the rescue rib "Atlantic Dawn."

It is expected that Nicolay will fly back to Bulgaria from Cape Town soon after his arrival.