16
May
New Delhi: To ensure immediate and effective medication to soldiers and the public in the event of terror attacks and accidents, the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed medicines such as a wound-healing gel and freeze-resistant saline water that are extremely helpful at higher altitudes in saving lives in the absence of doctors. The Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) -- DRDO's Delhi-based bio-medical and clinical research lab -- has so far been providing the medicines to the Army and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) -- but now it is also planning to collaborate with the premier…