Srinagar: Apart from rescuing hundreds of lives during the devastating deluge that wreaked havoc in the region, the Army also took care of several babies born at government hospitals.

"We took care of several newborns as their parents left them here. We don't say they were abandoned, but yes their parents left them in our care for several days as they returned home to save other members of their families," Brigadier N S Lamba, commander of the Army's 92 base hospital, said.