KISHTWAR: Presence
of our Army in the remote border area of Machhal once again helped in
saving a precious life from snow bounded cut off areas. The degree of
difficulty of civilians living in the areas came to fore
when Mr Abdul Samed Sheikh a 75 yrs old, resident of Thalli, Machhal
developed critical heart problem and was stranded at snow bound area cut
off from Kupwara.
This precious life was saved by the efforts of Army
Medical Officer Captain Ankur Rawat who managed this critically ill old
man for more than 24 hours before evacuating him by service helicopter
to SKIMS Srinagar on 27 Feb 12.
On
26 February 2012 at 1750hrs, Mr Abdul Samed Sheikh r/o Thalli (Dudi)
was brought on a stretcher by locals to the Medical Room of RR unit
deployed
in the sector with complaints of extreme breathlessness and generalized
swelling of the body. On being checked by Captain Ankur Rawat, Army
Medical Officer the patient was diagnosed as a case of Congestive Cardiac Failure.
Considering
the seriousness of his illness and the remote area cut off due to heavy
snowfall it was decided to evacuate the patient by air to save his
life. Due to prevailing bad weather and continuous snow fall during
morning of 27 Feb 12, helicopter could reach only at 1530h at Dudi
helipad. Patient was finally evacuated to SKIMS, Srinagar alongwith his
two sons and is reported to be stable
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