Kathua, J&K | September 9, 2025 \u2013 Upholding its commitment to community welfare, the Indian Army facilitated the medical evaluation of an 8-year-old boy from Duggan village in Kathua district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to a request from local residents, the Army assisted in arranging specialized care for Usman Ali, son of Mr. Laykat Ali, who had been diagnosed earlier with a cardiac condition. A recent 2D Echo conducted at Pathankot on August 20, 2025, confirmed the presence of a Bicuspid Aortic Valve with Mild Aortic Stenosis and Regurgitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doctors have reported that the child\u2019s heart function is currently normal and that surgical intervention is not required at this stage. They have advised routine follow-ups every 6\u201312 months, along with symptomatic management as necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This initiative highlights the Indian Army\u2019s continued efforts to provide humanitarian assistance and address healthcare challenges in remote regions, further strengthening its bond with local communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kathua, J&K | September 9, 2025 \u2013 Upholding its commitment to community welfare, the Indian Army facilitated the medical evaluation of an 8-year-old boy from Duggan village in Kathua district. Responding to a request from local residents, the Army assisted in arranging specialized care for Usman Ali, son of Mr. Laykat Ali, who had been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bani","category-jammu-kashmir","category-kathua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4221,"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions\/4221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baniupdatenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}