The video has already garnered over 2,03,400 views and over 17,300 likes on social media
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In a heartwarming incident, the Indian Army on January 8 conducted an emergency evacuation of a pregnant woman from Jammu and Kashmir's Ghaggar Hill village along the Line of Control (LOC) in Boniyar Tehsil and shifted her to primary health care (PHC) centre in Boniyar despite heavy snowfall and treacherous road conditions.
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On January 8 at 10.30 am, the Indian Army Post at Ghaggar Hill a village along LOC in Boniyar Tehsil received a distress call from the locals requesting urgent medical assistance for a pregnant lady who was in critical condition. The Army medical team was rushed to the location and after an initial assessment of the patient, in view of the critical situation, an emergency evacuation was planned.
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#WATCH | Amid heavy snowfall, Indian Army medical team conducted an emergency evacuation of a pregnant woman from Ghaggar Hill village near LOC and brought her to an ambulance at Salasan in Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir. pic.twitter.com/jAUsnnawDd
— ANI (@ANI) January 8, 2022
Army said that due to heavy snowfall it was difficult to move vehicles from Paro to the village. Thus, taking a quick decision, the Army prepared a stretcher and planned to evacuate the patient till Salasan on a stretcher and shift her to a Public Health Centre (PHC) ambulance there. "Thereafter, without losing much time, the evacuation team of including Battlefield Nursing Assistants (BFNA) moved from Ghaggar Hill along with porters towards Salasan at 11 am," Army said.
In spite of inclement and heavy snowfall the evacuation team and porters safely brought the patient to Salasan covering a dist 6.5 km and handed over her to the team of paramedics from PHC Boniyar at 1.45 pm. The family and locals expressed their gratitude to the Army, Civil Administration and PHC Boniyar for their swift collective action and timely assistance.
The video has already garnered over 2,03,400 views and over 17,300 likes on social media. Even, Netizens applauded the heroic gesture of the Indian Army.
क्या ये जज्बा हरेक राज्य की पुलिस कर्मियों में नहीं हो सकता?
— दिनेश ठाकुर (@DineshT62064614) January 8, 2022
क्यों सेना का नाम आते ही सिर श्रद्धा से झुक जाते हैं और दिल सिर्फ दुआ करता है 🙏
क्या ये सीख हरेक राज्य के पुलिस कर्मियों को नहीं दी जाती हैं ?
देवदूतों से भी बढ़कर आदरणीय सैनिक भाई हैं,एहसान कभी नहीं उतारा जा सकता 🙏
Garv hota hey inn pe aur ye kehneko acha lagta hey ki ham surksheet hey. #IndianArmy 🙏
— Sanjeeb Kumar Sarangi (@sanjeeb_sarangi) January 8, 2022
No amount of gratitude I can express for the work these soldiers of India army are doing. My heart is obliged to be born in India, a country that has given birth to such brave humans!
— Komal (@komal777sharma) January 8, 2022
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With inputs from ANI
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