Indian Army Rescues 80-Year-Old Woman Patient From Remote J&K Village Amid Heavy Snowfall
The Army's Chinar Corps warriors conducted a quick emergency evacuation of an ailing elderly lady from her remote Jammu and Kashmir village in Baramulla, braving harsh weather conditions.
Indian Army has, time and again, come to aid the citizens in need across the country.
In one such instance, on Friday morning, the Army's Chinar Corps warriors conducted a quick emergency evacuation of an ailing elderly lady from her remote Jammu and Kashmir village in Baramulla, braving harsh weather conditions.
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¡ª Economic Times (@EconomicTimes) January 20, 2023
Soldiers walked through snowfall to reach woman
According to an official statement, the soldiers walked through snowfall to reach the woman in extreme pain and bring her to a hospital.
"In the early morning hours of 20 January, Indian Army detachment at Paro proactively acted on a distress call from Mir Mohd, a resident of the remote Jabri village, who desperately sought an evacuation of his 80-year old wife with a severe fever, vomiting and abdominal pain," the Army said in a statement.
#Chinarwarriors responded to a emergency distress call to evacuate a ailing 80 year old lady from remote Jabri village, Boniyar #Baramulla. Life saving medical aid was extended & evacuation on foot to road head & further to PHC, Boniyar was carried out.#helpingothers @adgpi pic.twitter.com/lgNs205jF8
¡ª Chinar Corps? - Indian Army (@ChinarcorpsIA) January 21, 2023
The statement further added that the woman, identified as Sardar Beewa, was carried from Jabri village in Boniyar Tehsil in Baramulla district to Primary Health Care (PHC) Centre in Boniyar. Jabri Village is situated along a steep incline, posing an extreme challenge during evacuations amid heavy snowfall.
However, the daring Chinar Corps warriors walked through knee-deep snow and reached the ailing lady's home.
Troop members carried lady on their back
After reaching the spot, they carried the aged lady on their back to minimise injury to the patient, which might arise due to mountainous tracks with steep gradients and heavy snowfall conditions.
On reaching the Para detachment, the woman patient was swiftly shifted to a waiting Army ambulance and successfully evacuated to PHC, Boniyar. The local villagers appreciated the timely response by Army's Para detachment, and people on Twitter were also impressed by the swift response by the troops.
Salute you ?? ?? Jai Hind
¡ª Raj Surana ?? (@AstrologerRajS1) January 21, 2023
How Indian Army saved trekkers last year
Indian Army successfully evacuated 17 trekkers, who were on Seven Lake trek & were stranded due to bad weather. After a long 12 hrs of patrolling in a difficult terrain the patrol could safely evacuate all tourists. The trekkers were thankful to the Army.#IndianArmyforCitizens pic.twitter.com/K0AqPWTJBb
¡ª Kashmir Diaries (@ToofaniBaba1) June 23, 2022
In an unrelated incident from June 2022, Indian Army evacuated at least 17 trekkers on a seven-lake trek in Jammu and Kashmir.
As per reports, these trekkers were stranded due to bad weather and severe snowfall near Vishansar lake.
After more than 12 hours of patrolling the terrain, the army rescued the trekkers and brought them to the Army camp.
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