Kargil (Ladakh) [India], December 19 (ANI): New Helipad at Kurbathang Kargil hospital was made functional on Monday, tweeted the District Magistrate of Kargil.

One patient was airlifted to Srinagar.

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This is the first hospital in Ladakh to have an option for heli-evacuation within its premises.

In November, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur inaugurated a 300-bed district hospital in Kargil district and stressed the need to provide the best possible health facilities to the people of the Union Territory. (ANI)

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