With the help of doctors, the injured soldier was brought from Ladakh to Delhi in 4 hours

The soldier’s hand was cut while operating the machine, requiring emergency surgery within six to eight hours. The soldier was taken to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi overnight by an Air Force C-130J aircraft.

An Indian Army soldier’s hand was cut off while operating a machine in Ladakh. The soldier was airlifted overnight in an Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft to the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) hospital in Delhi. Hospital officials said on Friday that the jawan underwent emergency surgery at the hospital and his amputated hand was reattached. According to sources, the incident occurred on Wednesday. The injured soldier was first taken to Leh Airport and from there the Super Hercules aircraft took him to Palam Air Force Station in Delhi. It took four hours to bring him from Leh airport to Delhi and good coordination between the Army and Air Force ensured that the critical surgery to reattach the injured jawan’s amputated hand was performed on time.

The Indian Air Force said in a social media platform post on Friday morning that an Indian Army soldier’s hand was cut off while operating a machine in a unit located in the forward area. Only six to eight hours were given for the emergency surgery to reattach his severed hand, allowing an Air Force C-130J aircraft within an hour to take the jawan to Delhi’s R&R Hospital for the surgery. Had to send. An Air Force official said the patient was flown from Ladakh to Delhi in dense darkness, for which the pilot of the aircraft used night vision goggles to see clearly even in darkness. The Air Force post also said that the injured soldier received immediate treatment after being airlifted from the Ladakh sector in the dark in time by the Indian Air Force. A dedicated team of doctors performed a successful surgery and the jawan is now recovering. It is noteworthy that the Air Force had also used C-130J aircraft in the operation to bring back people from conflict-torn Sudan to Hemkhem last April. Its crew members also used night vision goggles due to the dense darkness.