It s a Baby Boy : Army Carries Pregnant Woman to Hospital in Knee-Deep Snow in Kashmir
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At almost midnight on January 5, army personnel in Karalpura in Kupwara, Kashmir received a distress call from a man whose wife had just gone into labour and had no means to get to the hospital owing to heavy snowfall.
The season s first snowfall lashed the plains of the Kashmir Valley on Saturday while the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received heavy snowfall.
Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh from Pharkian village in Kashmir told the Army that he was unable to reach either the community health service vehicle or local transport. Having understood the gravity of the situation, army personnel arrived on spot with medical staff. They escorted the woman and her family for 2 km in knee deep snow. Once a clearing was reached, the woman was rushed to the Karalpura hospital where staff had been informed in advance about her situation.