The surgery was performed by a team of three doctors on a soldier who could not be evacuated from Eastern Ladakh to Leh due to inclement weather conditions.
The doctors of the Indian Army have achieved a new feat as they successfully removed a soldier’s appendix in a dug-in at a forward surgical centre in Eastern Ladakh at 16,000 feet.
The surgery was performed by a team of three doctors on a soldier who could not be evacuated from Eastern Ladakh to Leh due to the weather conditions.
“The surgical team from the field hospital performed an emergency surgery of removal of the appendix at freezing temperatures at a height of 16000 feet in a dug-in at a Forward Surgical Centre (FSC) in extreme conditions,” Army sources said.
Despite the adversities faced by the doctors in performing the surgery, the operation was successful and the patient is stable now, they informed.
Sources added that this is one of the few such successful surgeries conducted by the Army doctors in forward areas as the Indian Army’s field hospitals are fully functional and are performing specialised treatment for extreme winter-related issues faced by troops deployed in the icy conditions along the LAC.
Source: IT
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