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NEW DELHI: Swift action by a multipronged team of defence personnel ensured that a soldier whose left hand was severed in an accident in Ladakh could undergo timely surgery in which the hand was reattached.Sources in the Indian Army said that on the night of April 9, the soldier was severely wounded while operating a machine at a unit in the forward area in the challenging terrain of Ladakh. His left hand was amputated in the accident.The Army and the IAF carried out a timely operation which led to getting the severed hand of the soldier stitched in Delhi. After the accident, the soldier was swiftly evacuated to the Military Garrison Hospital in Leh, where he was stabilised by a team of dedicated doctors. “The doctors recognised the critical need for specialised surgery not available locally. A decision was made to transport the soldier to the AHRR in Delhi for advanced medical care to save his appendages,” sources said.The IAF facilitated the transportation within an hour after getting communication from the Army. “Immediately the soldier was kept under medical supervision and the amputated part was preserved in a cold container,” an official said.The transport aircraft of the IAF carried out a night landing in Leh airfield using night vision equipment and evacuated the soldier to Delhi. The IAF shared on X that the operation had “a window of 6 to 8 hrs for emergency surgery to save his appendage.”
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Amputated hand of soldier in Leh fixed in Delhi, thanks to Army, IAF
