MOSCOW, August 19 (Itar-Tass) - A group of doctors of the Russian Emergencies Ministry flew out for the Amur Region on Monday.

Specialists of the Russian Nikiforov Centre of Emergency and Radiation Medicine with director of the centre Sergei Aleksanin flew out for the region to provide medical care for the population, the Emergencies Ministry's information department told Itar-Tass.

According to the ministry, the specialists will render first aid and provide other medical care for people before they are hospitalized and prepare patients for evacuation to hospitals.