CRPF’s Cheeta springs back to life

Cheeta was first wheeled in on February 14 at the trauma centre of the premier medical institute after being airlifted from Srinagar. Doctors attending to him said he has shown a steely resolve to respond to their intensive medical care that went on for close to about two months. 

Professor of Trauma Surgery at the AIIMS Subodh Kumar, while announcing his recovery in an interaction with journalists, said it was “nothing short of a miracle.” 

“Cheeta was in coma for 16 days and spent a month in the ICU. He was discharged on Wednesday,” Amit Gupta, Additional Medical Superintendent at the AIIMS Trauma Centre, said. Gupta said the Commanding Officer (CO) of the CRPF’s 45th battalion in Kashmir Valley had suffered bullet injuries in his brain, right eye, abdomen, both arms, left hand and in the buttock region. 

According to doctors, the hope for vision returning to Cheeta’s right eye is ‘bleak’ although his left eye, which was also injured due to splinters, has been restored.