“Dr. Jigment Wangchuk and his entire team have completely changed the entire scenario of Chushul Primary Health Centre. I have never seen such a dedicated officer and team,” says Konchok Stanzin, Councillor of Chushul.
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Chushul is a very remote village which lies barely 4 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) south of the famous Pangong lake in the Changthang region of eastern Ladakh.
At the centre of the recent flare-up along the LAC, the people of Chushul are often the first to suffer the consequences with key modes of communication with the outside world cut off and grazing land lost to the westward spread of Chinese forces.
It’s not like the situation is any better when tensions don’t flare up with shoddy 2G connectivity and only a few hours of electricity supply at this village. Despite their troubles, the people of Chushul are, in the words of their Councillor, Konchok Stanzin, “the government’s eyes and ears there”. They notice everything that goes…