Army rescues sick woman in hilly village Chill. Representative Image (AI Generated)

Jammu: In a prompt, humanitarian response, the Army successfully evacuated a critically ill woman from Chil, a remote village at an altitude of 7,500 feet in Dudu-Basantgarh. Udhampur district In Jammu division on Monday.PRO (Defence) in Jammu, Lt Col Sunil Bartwal said, “On April 18, around 8 pm, a villager came to the military operations base seeking immediate medical assistance for his wife Shitala Devi, who was suffering from seizures. Responding immediately, our troops mobilized in challenging night conditions and reached her residence, where immediate first aid was administered, stabilizing the patient in critical field conditions.“At first light on 19 April, a carefully planned evacuation was carried out to transfer the patient to the nearest road at Ghar Katiyas. The evacuation involved crossing about 3 km of rugged, forested terrain, marked by steep slopes and the absence of any vehicleable track. Army personnel carried the patient on a stretcher for about three hours, ensuring his safe evacuation. The patient was later taken by road to the PHC at Dudu, where he is currently stable and Providing medical care,” Colonel Bartwal said.Earlier this year, on January 29, Army soldiers provided emergency medical aid to Ashu, a 24-year-old woman suffering from post-natal problems in a remote snowy village in Udhampur district, as all roads leading to the nearest hospital, Ayushman Arogya Mandir Primary Health Center in Lathi, were blocked due to heavy snowfall.