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Uttarakhand: Army medical team helps two pregnant women deliver

Updated on: 24 June,2013 08:18 AM IST  | 
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An Army medical team Sunday helped deliver two babies - a boy and a girl - at a makeshift centre in Sabola area of rain-ravaged Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand: Army medical team helps two pregnant women deliver

After trekking nearly 15 kms, the team had Saturday reached Tijan village which has a population of nearly 400 people.u00a0


When the team led by Capt R Patil found that two pregnant women required urgent medical attention, they requisitioned a lady doctor.



Rescue operations in Uttarakhand (Pic - AFP)


Army doctor Capt Febba Susan was heli-dropped in a nearby area Sunday from where she reached the village after a 10-km trek, DG Military Operations Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia said.

She helped deliver the two babies - a boy and a girl - at the makeshift medical centre.

"The newborns and their mothers are in good health," he said.

While Capt Susan has left the area, the medical team is still in the au00a0

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