NEW DELHI: While the country re-strategises its high-altitude deployment at the borders in Ladakh following last year’s Galwan clash, a basic concern remains acclimatisation.
At its high altitude training medical training school (HAMTS) in Choglamasar , the Indo Tibetan Border Force (ITBP)’s first women director has now introduced a new lecture on handling psychological changes faces by jawans and intensified practical use of the modern high altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPO) bags to all ranks and constabulary on general duty (GD).
HAMTS director 2IC Dr Katyayni Sharma, whose family is based out of Lucknow, is also one of the youngest women chief medical officer (CMO) to be deputed in the North West frontier handling this assignment.
20 ITBP personnel among first Covid vax recipients
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Sat, Jan 16 2021 15:51 IST |
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20 ITBP personnel among first Covid vax recipients at ITBP Sector Hospital, Ladakh. Image Source: IANS News
Leh, Jan 16 : Leading from the front in the fight against Covid-19, a group of 20 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel on Saturday registered themselves in the list of the three lakh people across the country who received the first dose of the vaccine. The world s largest vaccination drive began in India after its launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Three doctors, including two females and one male, and 17 paramedics of the force guarding the 3,488 km India-China border received the first dose of the Covid vaccine in Leh.