Indian Army soldier’s surgery done at altitude of 16 thousand feet
While doctors are engaged in efforts to save the country battling the Corona Virus pandemic. On the other hand, three doctors have created history by treating a jawan at a height of 16 thousand feet. Doctors have removed the appendix after successful operation of the soldier posted at the Forward Surgical Center in East Ladakh. The special thing is that the soldier could not be removed with the help of a chopper. This was the reason that doctors had to reach surgery at such a height. Army sources have confirmed that ‘a surgical team of the field hospital has done