A critical patient was airlifted to Tanda Medical College from Kilar in Chamba district in a helicopter sent by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday.
“This patient needs to be airlifted from Kilar in Pangi District Chamba interior area, roads were closed. On humanitarian grounds, Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu cancelled his tour and immediately sent his chopper in an emergency and saved the life of youth,” read the statement from the Chief Minister’s office. “Now the patient is safe and taken to Tanda Medical College in District Kangra,” an official from the CMO said.
The 42-year-old patient, Devendra Kuman, of the Dharwan village of the Pangi area of Killar valley was referred from the Community Health Centre for a higher medical centre,
they said.
