The Army troops waded through knee-deep snow in Kupwara district to carry a pregnant woman to a hospital. The woman and her infant boy are doing fine.

It had been snowing for nearly 24 hours, when at 11:30 pm on January 5, the Army’s company-level operating base at Karalpura, Kupwara, received a distress call from Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh, a resident of Pharkian village in the same district. The Army unit is under the Hajipir Brigade. Sheikh informed that his wife Shabnam Begum was undergoing labour pain and needed to be evacuated to a hospital immediately.

However, due to the heavy snowfall and inclement weather neither the community health service vehicle nor any civil transport was available and would be possible only after the snow was cleared from the road. Keeping in mind the advanced stage of pregnancy and the plight of the family, the Army troops at Karalpura along with battlefield nursing assistant and medical needs, reached the spot. The Army men escorted the woman and the family for about 2 km in knee-deep snow to reach the road head, from where she was taken to Karalpura hospital. On reaching the hospital, the woman was immediately attended to by the medical staff. The coordination was carried out beforehand by the Army with the civil administration.The father of the infant came to the Army base to distribute sweets to all troops. — TNS

Courtesy: Daily Tribune: 7th January 2021