New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag visited Lance Naik Hanamanthappa in Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi after he miraculously survived an avalanche in Siachen. His condition is critical but stable and he is undergoing various tests in the hospital.
"No words are enough to describe the endurance & indomitable spirit of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa. He is an outstanding soldier. Team of doctors is attending to Lance Naik Hanamanthappa. We are all hoping & praying for the best," Modi tweeted.
Lance Naik Hanamanthappa, who along with nine other soldiers was guarding India's borders in Siachen, was flown to Delhi on Tuesday in a C-17 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for treatment. A special medical team is attending to him and travelled along with him from Siachen to Delhi.
He was evacuated to the army's base camp at Siachen Glacier from where he was flown to Delhi in a special air ambulance. He was brought to the Palam technical airport and airlifted to the hospital.
Thappa, who hails from Karnataka, was found alive on Monday after being buried under 25 feet of snow for six days following an avalanche hitting his post at the altitude of 19,600 feet close to the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan where the temperature was minus 45 degrees Celsius.
The other nine personnel at the post, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and eight other ranks of Madras Regiment, have died, according to Lt Gen DS Hooda, Northern Army Commander. "Five bodies have been recovered so far and four bodies have been identified," he has said.
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