News in Brief- (26-09-2018)

45 trekkers missing in India's state after heavy snowfall

NEW DELHI, Sept 25: At least 45 people who had gone for trekking in upper reaches of northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh were reported missing, local media said Tuesday. The trekkers included 35 students from India's Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. — Xinhua

S Sudan doctor wins UN refugee prize

GENEVA, Sept 25: A South Sudanese doctor who runs an overcrowded hospital with a dimly-lit surgical theatre and no regular supply of general anaesthesia on Tuesday won the UN refugee agency's prestigious Nansen award. Evan Atar Adaha's Maban hospital in the South Sudanese town of Bunj serves more than 144,000 refugees from Blue Nile state in neighbouring Sudan, UNHCR said. The hospital's X-ray machine is broken, but Atar and his team perform nearly 60 surgeries per week in a room with just one light, with staff using "ketamine injections and spinal epidurals" instead of general anaesthesia, the agency said. UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said Atar's "profound humanity and selflessness" had saved thousands of lives. — AFP