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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday went to Army’s Research and Referral Hospital here to see Lance Naik Hanumanthappa who was miraculously found alive after remaining buried under huge mass of snow for six days at Siachen Glacier.
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“Going to see Lance Naik Hanumanthappa, with prayers from the entire nation,” Modi tweeted just before visiting the hospital.
Going to see Lance Naik Hanumanthappa, with prayers from the entire nation.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 9, 2016
No words are enough to describe endurance &indomitable spirit of Lance Naik Hanumanthappa. He’s an outstanding soldier: PM #SiachenMiracle
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Thappa was flown here from Siachen Glacier this morning in a special air ambulance and admitted to the Research and Referral Hospital.
His condition is critical but stable and he is undergoing various tests in the hospital, army sources said.
Hanumanthappa, who hails from Karnataka, was found alive yesterday, buried under 25 feet of snow for six days after an avalanche hit his post at the altitude of 19,600 feet close to
the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan.
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The temperature at that altitude was minus 45 degrees Celsius.
Nine other personnel at the post, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), of Madras Regiment have died, according to Lt Gen D S Hooda, Northern Army Commander. “Five
bodies have been recovered so far and four bodies have been identified,” he has said.
Lance Naik Hanaman Thappa, who was miraculously found alive after remaining buried in snow for six days, was on Tuesday flown to the Research and Referral Hospital from Siachen Glacier.
Earlier, he was evacuated to the army’s base camp at Siachen Glacier from where was flown to Delhi in a special air ambulance.
He was brought to the Palam technical airport and airlifted to the hospital, the sources said.
Thappa, who hails from Karnataka, was found alive yesterday 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.
Massive rescue operations had been going on by the army and the Air Force since then to trace the missing soldiers.
(With IANS Inputs)