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Indian Army Doctors Successfully Perform Surgery At 16,000 Feet In Eastern Ladakh Amid Conflict With China
Swarajya Staff
Nov 02, 2020, 10:24 AM | Updated 10:24 AM IST
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In a remarkable feat, the doctors of the Indian Army successfully removed the appendix of a soldier in a dug-in at a forward surgical centre in Eastern Ladakh region at an altitude of whopping 16,000 feet, reports Times of India.
The surgery was carried out on 28 October by a team of a Lt Colonel, a Major and a Captain ranked doctors in extreme conditions. To perform the procedure amid such adversities was necessitated as the affected soldier could not be evacuated by a chopper due to weather conditions.
This comes as a testament of the Indian Army's formidable preparations to remain in active and sizeable deployment in forward and challenging areas amid the ongoing heightened and volatile situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
The Indian Army holds a significant experience of deployment in harsh winter and cold conditions, as in case of Siachen and the adjoining Kargil-Drass sector.
Meanwhile, it should be noted that in addition to the forward surgical centres as the one where the aforementioned surgery was performed, Indian Army also has full-fledged field hospitals operational in the region, with full capability to perform specialised treatment for extreme weather-related issues faced by the soldiers deployed along with the icy conditions along the LAC.
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