OREANDA-NEWS  The press service of Roszdravnadzor confirmed the information that the head of the territorial authority of the department for Moscow and the Moscow region, Roman Kurynin, provided emergency assistance to the flight attendant during the flight.

"The head of the territorial body of Roszdravnadzor in Moscow and the Moscow region, a doctor by education Roman Kurynin flew on a flight from Sochi to Moscow. During the flight, one of the flight attendants became ill: the woman lost consciousness due to cardiac arrest. Roman Kurynin immediately started emergency resuscitation measures, including indirect heart massage," the department told RT.

It is noted that soon the plane landed urgently in Volgograd and the emergency medical team waiting at the airport promptly delivered the woman to the city hospital.

Earlier it was reported that the Sochi — Moscow plane made an emergency landing in Volgograd due to a stroke and cardiac arrest of a flight attendant. Roman Kurynin, the head of the Moscow Department of Roszdravnadzor, who was on board, helped the girl and started her heart.