In the Saratov region, an ambulance driver, Dmitry Panarin, rescued an old man who was carried downstream by the flood. This was announced by the region’s Minister of Health, Oleg Kostin, in a statement. telegraph channel.
He noted that the emergency medical service (AMS) had received a message that a man had been dragged into the river by a flood in the Chernava River. According to the minister, the driver saved the victim by jumping into the icy water.
An elderly man was taken to the intensive care unit of the Ivanteevskaya regional hospital, where he received the necessary help.
“The action of the ambulance driver Dmitry Panarin deserves special attention and for a heroic act will be rewarded by the Ivanteevskaya Republic of Bashkortostan,” wrote Kostin.
Previously reportedIn the Vologda region, a police officer rescued a schoolboy who was freezing in a snowdrift. A local resident called the police and said that cries for help were heard near the quarry and a local district police officer had gone to check the message. The sergeant heard faint cries for help, which soon faded, found footprints on the side of the valley, and followed them to a young man lying in a snowdrift.