A doctor of the Indian Army Medical Corps administers a blood transfusion in the field to a wounded soldier of the Lushai Brigade at Zampi, in the Chin Hills, Burma.

Chin porters carry a wounded man on a stretcher through dense jungle. At a dressing station a Medical Officer of the Indian Army Medical Corps, Captain S G M Shah, examines the soldier and administers an injection. A bottle marked 'Plasma' is attached to an intravenous line and a needle put into the soldier's arm. Close-up of Captain Shah at work. The line is removed and a dressing applied after the transfusion. Four Indian soldiers carry a stretcher case.

Notes

Field blood transfusion, along with air evacuation of casualties, was a new concept in military medicine during the Second World War. It would develop considerably by the time of the Vietnam War and did much to reduce the proportion of soldiers who died of their wounds.

The Lushai Brigade (Brigadier Marindin) was formed during the Battle of Imphal from four unbrigaded Indian battalions, the Chin and Lushai Levies and elements of the V Force intelligence group. Its purpose was to prevent Japanese infilitration through the largely inaccessible Lushai Hills. It was an independent brigade organised without the usual supporting arms and at the time this film was shot was engaged preying upon Japanese communications on the Tiddim Road.

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