Video: Army evacuates critically ill Kashmir woman from LoC village to hospital amid heavy snow, dangerous terrain

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The Indian Army on Saturday conducted an emergency evacuation of a pregnant woman in a critical condition from Jammu and Kashmir's Ghaggar Hill village along the Line of Control (LOC) in Boniyar Tehsil and shifted her to a hospital amid heavy snowfall and treacherous road conditions.</p>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | 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. <a href="https://t.co/jAUsnnawDd">pic.twitter.com/jAUsnnawDd</a></p>
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According to an army statement, on January 8 at 10.30 am, the Indian Army Post at Ghaggar Hill received a distress call from the locals requesting urgent medical assistance for the woman in a critical condition.</p>
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The Army rushed a medical team to the location and after an initial assessment of the patient, in view of the critical situation, an emergency evacuation was planned.</p>
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The Army said that due to heavy snowfall it was difficult to move vehicles from Paro to the village so in a quick on the spot decision, a stretcher was prepared on which the patient shifted to a Public Health Centre to Salasan in Baramulla from where she was taken in an ambulance to the hospital.</p>