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Veronica Skvortsova, Russian health minister, on New York-bound plane where she saved the life of a woman who suffered a stroke.
An airplane en route from Moscow to New York was forced to land in St. Petersburg after one of the passengers suffered a stroke. The woman was aided by the Russian health minister, who happened to be on the same flight.
The Aeroflot Boeing 777 flight landed in St. Petersburg, northern Russia, around 12pm Moscow time after one of the passengers suffered a stroke. Russia's health minister, Veronika Skvortsova, performed first aid on the woman, possibly saving the passenger's life, before the airport medical crew arrived.
RT staff, traveling to New York for the Emmy Awards, were also on board. Here's how RT's deputy chief editor, Elizaveta Brodskaya, described the incident:
"We saw that a woman sitting next to us became ill. She turned very pale and passed out. The staff asked the passengers if there was a doctor on the plane who could help with first aid. For a good half an hour the minister and her team were busy helping the patient. They brought a suitcase with equipment. Skvortsova listened to the patient with a stethoscope and checked her pulse before moving on to first aid treatment."
Comment: Punishing kids for a parent's failure; never a good idea.