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Helicopter Delivers Injured Tourist From Kurilskoye Lake to Kamchatka Hospital

Officials criticized the unregistered tour for attempting a self-evacuation that worsened her condition.

Overview

  • A Territorial Center for Disaster Medicine helicopter flew the woman to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky for treatment after a back injury at Kurilskoye Lake.
  • Regional health officials said she is conscious, not in life-threatening condition, and has been admitted to the neurosurgery unit of the Kamchatka Regional Hospital.
  • The Emergency Situations minister said rescuers suspect a compression fracture of the spine following a fall from a height.
  • The incident occurred inside the South Kamchatka Federal Reserve, a remote UNESCO-listed area that complicates access and evacuation.
  • Rescuers from KGKU 'TsOD' assisted in the operation and have returned to base after the patient’s transfer.