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Siachen soldier Lance Naik Hanamanthappa passed away on Thursday at 11:45am.
The Army Research and Referral Hospital said on Wednesday evening that his condition had worsened "despite aggressive therapy and supportive care".
Koppad miraculously survived after being under 35 feet of ice for six days at an avalanche-hit army post in the Siachen glacier in Jammu and Kashmir. Nine other soldiers who were buried in the avalanche didn't survive.
A medical bulletin on Wednesday said that Hanamanthappa was in extremely critical condition with evidence of oxygen deprivation to the brain and pneumonia in both lungs."His multi-organ dysfunction state continues unabated. His condition has deteriorated despite aggressive therapy and supportive care," the bulletin added.
Koppad has served in difficult and challenging areas for 10 out of 13 years of his total service. He was posted in Mahore in Jammu and Kashmir from 2003 to 2006, where he was actively involved in counter-insurgency operations.
He again volunteered to serve with the 54 Rashtriya Rifles (Madras) in Jammu and Kashmir from 2008 to 2010, and later in the northeast from 2010 to 2012 where he took part in operations against the NDFB and ULFA.
He had been serving in the Siachen glacier area since August 2015.
The Army Research and Referral Hospital said on Wednesday evening that his condition had worsened "despite aggressive therapy and supportive care".
Koppad miraculously survived after being under 35 feet of ice for six days at an avalanche-hit army post in the Siachen glacier in Jammu and Kashmir. Nine other soldiers who were buried in the avalanche didn't survive.
A medical bulletin on Wednesday said that Hanamanthappa was in extremely critical condition with evidence of oxygen deprivation to the brain and pneumonia in both lungs."His multi-organ dysfunction state continues unabated. His condition has deteriorated despite aggressive therapy and supportive care," the bulletin added.
Koppad has served in difficult and challenging areas for 10 out of 13 years of his total service. He was posted in Mahore in Jammu and Kashmir from 2003 to 2006, where he was actively involved in counter-insurgency operations.
He again volunteered to serve with the 54 Rashtriya Rifles (Madras) in Jammu and Kashmir from 2008 to 2010, and later in the northeast from 2010 to 2012 where he took part in operations against the NDFB and ULFA.
He had been serving in the Siachen glacier area since August 2015.
