A swift airlift by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and timely surgery by doctors at the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital resulted in the airlifting of a soldier whose hand got amputated in the forward area of Ladakh and brought to Delhi in the limited window, which allowed it to be re-attached after a long surgery at the hospital.
“An Indian Army personnel severed his hand while operating a machine, at a unit located in the forward area. Given a window of 6 to 8 hrs for emergency surgery to save his appendage, a C-130J aircraft was launched within an hour to move the Jawan for surgery at the R&R hospital in Delhi,” the IAF said on social media platform ‘X’.
