▲ File photo of Hallasan Mountain in Jeju
A tourist in their 50s who collapsed while hiking the Seongpanak trail on Hallasan Mountain has been transported to a hospital in a state of cardiac arrest.
According to the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Fire and Safety Headquarters on October 27, a report was received at around 11:40 a.m. the previous day stating that a tourist in their 50s, identified as A, had collapsed while descending the Seongpanak trail on Hallasan Mountain in Jeju.
Mr. A, who was in cardiac arrest, received emergency treatment from Hallasan National Park Office staff around 11:59 a.m. and was moved down the mountain using a monorail before being transferred to a hospital by emergency medical services.
It was reported that firefighting helicopters were unable to be dispatched at the time due to inclement weather.
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