Free Cardiac Camp at 10,000 Feet by Indian Doctors

Volume 3, Jul 2014

Ravi R. Kasliwal MD, DM, Bharat Rawat MD, DM, Gurgaon, India; Kathmandu, Nepal

Welcome to Tenzing-Hillary Airport. Situated in Lukla, Nepal, this airport is situated at about 10,000 feet above the sea level. The airport is situated in the Himalayas, has a single narrow and short runway, it runs to the edge of the cliff thus rendering it as one of the most dangerous airports to land and take off from. For those of you who are unaware, Lukla is the entrance to the Himalayas. So, although the airport is rendered as one of the most dangerous; it is also one of the busiest airports in Nepal. A large number of helicopters and small aircrafts land here every day bringing mountain climbers who are willing to conquer one of the highest mountains in the world before. Most of them have admitted that the landing on this airport was far more scary than climbing the mountain itself.