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.