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Watch: Army men carry pregnant woman to hospital amid heavy snowfall in J-K

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Chandigarh, January 8

Responding to a distress call that a pregnant woman was in urgent need of medical attention, Army personnel carried her to the nearest hospital from a village at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir amid heavy snowfall.

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Photo tweeted by @ChinarcorpsIA

As it was snowing heavily and it became impossible for vehicles to ply, the Army men took it upon themselves to play the role of savior.

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They carried the woman on a stretcher for over 6 km to the nearest hospital.

In a tweet, Indian Army’s Chinar Corps said they got a distress call from Ghagar Hill village at LoC in Boniyar for urgent medical assistance to a pregnant woman.

“In heavy snowfall, evacuation team carried the woman on a stretcher for 6.5 km till Salasan and brought her to Primary Health Centre,” it added.

Twitterati was all praise for the Army personnel, with many “saluting their spirit of service”.

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