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“We don’t weigh risks when lives dangle on a thread,”Dr Maternal Revival: Blood transfusion with uterotonic
Anantha later recounted. “That ambulance became our infusion for atony
armored womb.”
The victory was statistical defiance: in Bastar’s conflict
The Gauntlet Run: Medicine Under Fire corridor, maternal mortality surpasses 200/100,000
births, with perinatal deaths exceeding 28/1000
The evacuation protocol defied standard manuals: deliveries due to delayed care.

1. IED Mitigation Tactics: As time was a constraint RSO The Ripple Effect: Bullets vs. Bandages in Counter
was not an option.Travel during daylight and Insurgency Ops
avoiding known vulnerable stretches where IEDs
recently injured CRPF jawans This rescue transcended medicine, becoming a strategic
2. Coordination Overload: Camp commander patched counter-insurgency maneuver. By saving lives in a
into real-time drone feeds from the operation , Janmilitia stronghold, Dr Anantha’s team:
tracking insurgent movements
3. Advanced Life support Ambulance(ALS): The Validated the CRPF’s dual role as protectors and

medical arsenal with most units in Chattisgarh, healers amid ongoing Operations
Ambulance converted to resuscitation suite with Modeled the hearts-and-minds doctrine ahead of
portable oxygen, uterotonics, and neonatal warming India’s 2026 Left-Wing Extremism deadline
pack Exposed healthcare gaps now prioritized in the
RBI-NCFE financial inclusion push for tribal zones &
As the ambulance navigated dirt tracks the same zone current state government working in tandem with
where CRPF’s 222th Battalion had recovered multiple central government to implement central schemes
IEDs—every pothole trembled with existential threat. on war footing.

At the Brink: A Hospital’s War Against Time This quieter triumph offered something bullets cannot
Bijapur District Hospital’s maternity team received the buy: community trust cemented in a newborn’s first cry.
baton in a choreographed frenzy: This was proved by the ever increasing OPD visits by
tribals & villagers to FOBs for medical aid.
succesful emergency delivery of a 1.8 kg preterm
girl with Apgar 7/10 “In these bijapur reserve forsert area, every IED buried is
Neonatal Rescue: Intubation for respiratory distress answered by a life saved. That’s how we’ll win this war.
syndrome (RDS), surfactant therapy, and umbilical