Two years after 20 soldiers were killed in violent clashes with the Chinese army in Ladakh’s Galwan, the Indian Army has for the first time set up a field dressing station (FDS) in Galwan that, among other capabilities, will provide treatment for gunshot wounds at an altitude of over 14,000 feet.
India and China have been engaged in eyeball to eyeball positions at multiple locations along the undefined Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh for more than two years. While several rounds of talks at the diplomatic and military levels have eased the standoff at a few points, turning these areas into no-patrolling zones, there are others where the build-up continues.
A senior government official said the 20-bed FDS, which is an ad hoc medical facility unlike a regular field hospital, became operational in Galwan around three months ago.
