Indian Army rescue pregnant woman stuck in snowbound Kashmir to hospital
By IANS| Published: 8th January 2021 3:39 am IST
Kupwara, Jan 7 : Soldiers of the Indian Army rescued a pregnant woman stuck in snowbound Kupwara in Kashmir and safely took her for about two kilometres in knee-deep snow till the hospital, the Indian Army said on Thursday.
Late on Tuesday, the Company Operating Base at Karalpura in Kupwara received a distress call from Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh saying that informed that his wife Shabnam Begum is undergoing labour pain and needs to be evacuated to the hospital immediately.
Also, due to heavy snowfall and inclement weather, neither community health service vehicle nor civil transport was available and the same was possible only after snow was cleared from the road.
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Indian Army personnel carried a pregnant Kashmiri woman in knee-deep snow to a hospital
A video of the army personnel carrying the woman on a stretcher was posted on Twitter by the Ministry of Defense department
KASHMIR: True to its reputation of rescuing people in distress, the Indian Army yet again helped a pregnant Kashmiri woman and took her to a hospital in Kupawara. According to reports, a group of
Indian Army army personnel in Karalpura in Kupwara received a distress call from a man whose wife had just gone into labour.
The man was crying for help since he had no means to get his wife to the nearest hospital owing to heavy snowfall in the area. The caller, Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh, from Pharkian village told the Army personnel that he was unable to reach either the community health service vehicle or local transport.
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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.
Army Helps Pregnant Woman Reach Hospital Amid Heavy Snowfall In Kashmir
Army Helps Pregnant Woman Reach Hospital Amid Heavy Snowfall In Kashmir
SRINAGAR: As heavy snowfall threw life out of gear across Kashmir Valley this week, Army troops helped a pregnant woman in Kupwara reach hospital by carrying her a distance of about 2 km in knee-deep snow before she could be driven to a hospital, sources said on Friday.
The woman gave birth to a boy at the Karalpura hospital.
The Company Operating Base (COB) of the Indian Army at Karalpura in Kupwara received a distress call at around 11.30 PM on Tuesday from Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh who lives in Pharkian village, sources noted.
Soldiers Help Pregnant Woman Reach Hospital In Snowbound Kashmir
The family and the civil administration thanked the Army unit for its humanitarian efforts, the sources said.
PTI 07 January 2021 Twitter/ Khushnuma Kashmir outlookindia.com 2021-01-07T21:43:47+05:30
As heavy snowfall crippled normal life across Kashmir Valley this week, Army troops helped a pregnant woman in Kupwara reach the hospital by carrying her on a cot in knee-deep snow for about 2km before she could be driven to a hospital, sources said on Friday.
The woman gave birth to a boy at the Karalpura hospital.
The Company Operating Base (COB) of the Indian Army at Karalpura in Kupwara received a distress call at around 11.30pm on Tuesday from Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh who lives in Pharkian village, sources said.