Paramedics in Turkestan Region Save One-Year-Old Girl's Life

Toddler survives choking scare after candy blocks her airway

In the village of Turetas, Baydibek District, a one-year-old girl choked on a piece of candy, which became lodged in her throat and stopped her breathing, our website reports.

Every second counted. The ambulance crew No. 42 managed to quickly remove the foreign object from her airway, and the child began breathing again. She is now in stable condition.

Earlier, doctors in Almaty Region performed a rare heart surgery on a 95-year-old woman.