Indian medical teams stay in Lanka extended for two months

The Indian Armed Forces field hospital unit that was set up in war-torn Sri Lanka in March to help civilians caught in the cross-fire between the Army and LTTE rebels....

The Indian Armed Forces field hospital unit that was set up in war-torn Sri Lanka in March to help civilians caught in the cross-fire between the Army and LTTE rebels has been extended by two more months on Colombos request. The field hospital unit,which has a 60-member medical team that includes surgeons,a paediatrician and a woman medical officer,has been granted its third extension.

The hospital has treated over 21,000 internally displaced Tamil civilians and has handled cases of gunshot wounds,trauma,head injuries and other medical problems at Manik farms camp in Vavuniya.

Amongst the patients who have been treated at the hospital is Sujatha,who was trained as a suicide bomber at an LTTE camp.

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A defence spokesperson said the girl,who was injured in a class where she was being trained on handling explosives,reached the medical camp after travelling through the war zone and a large splinter that had got embedded in her face was removed by Indian doctors. She was detected to have a very large splinter in her face,which had traversed from the left cheekbone to the right side damaging her smell centre at the base of the brain.

After the surgery she is doing well and now wants help to get her damaged Jaipur foot replaced and finish her graduation, the spokesperson said.

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