Arunachal Guv Plays Saviour; Takes Pregnant Woman in Own Chopper to Hospital

The chain of events started at an official programme in Tawang on Wednesday after the Governor overheard a conversation between chief minister Pema Khandu and the local MLA.

The MLA was informing Khandu that a patient was in a critical condition, but there was no helicopter service between Guwahati and Tawang for the next three days, the sources said.

Mishra offered to take the patient and her husband with him to Itanagar in his helicopter and the two officers, who had travelled with him, would stay back at Tawang to accommodate the couple.

The helicopter had to land at Tezpur in Assam for refuelling, but after that, the pilot noticed a technical snag in the chopper and the flight had to be aborted.

Concerned over the condition of the patient, the Governor made a requisition bid to the Air Officer Commanding of the Air Force Station, Tezpur, for another helicopter. The patient and her husband were taken to Itanagar, the sources said.

He followed them in another chopper later. After coming to know about the woman's successful surgery, Mishra conveyed his best wishes to her and her baby, they added.