Mountaineer Anurag Maloo airlifted to AIIMS from Kathmandu, family hopeful of recovery

Mountaineer Anurag Maloo, who was rescued after falling into a deep crevasse in Nepals Mount Annapurna last month, was airlifted from Kathmandu to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Thursday..

A team of doctors and Maloos brother, Ashish, accompanied him on the air ambulance that took off from Nepals capital before noon...

The mountaineer, who had earlier been receiving treatment at Kathmandus Mediciti Hospital, was taken by road earlier on Thursday from there to the citys Tribhuvan International Airport, from where he was brought to New Delhi in an air ambulance...

It was the right decision on the part of the family to take him nearer home for subsequent treatment, he said.. Chhang Dawa Sherpa, Director of Seven Summit Treks, who supervised and led the rescue operation, had earlier termed Maloos rescue a miracle, adding that it was perhaps the riskiest rescue operation in the mountains..

Cousin Chhaparwal lauded Maloos will power, and said, It is a miracle that he was found and brought back to Delhi..

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