The ADEPT medical team treated a total of 8075 patients in Phase 1 of operations in quake hit Kashmir, until the onset of unprecedented excessive rain and intermittent snowfall since 29 Nov 2005. Of these 45% were men, 30% women and 25% children.
The team resumed operations on 16 January 2006 after a break of six weeks. They drive as far as possible on the snowbound road, sometime having to push the vehicle through difficult snow drifts, and then climb through the snow to the quake affected villages.

On instructions from the Commissioner for Kashmir, a new set of villages were taken up for operations. These include:

Bandi, Machikaran, Lagama, Gundi, Brijala, Sarai, Jabda, Kamalkote, Noorkhana, Kinari, Median, Gowalan, Sangrian, Sultandaki, Sukhdar, Salamabad, Kadniyar, and Rohama.

The most common conditions being treated are severe respiratory infections, fevers, and frostbite. Operating out of Baramulla, the doctors treat patients, identify a villager with enough skills who can serve as a community health attendant, stock enough medicines with him to last till they revisit the village, and then move on. Special attention is given to children, the elderly, and women. Community health attendants are trained to identify common conditions and manage them till the doctors next visit the village.

More than five thousand and five hundred patients (5,626) have been treated between 16 January and 15 February 2006 covering a population of forty thousand (39,800). Of these 30% are men, 33.5% women and 36.5% children.

A detailed breakup is given below:

Village	Male	Fem	Child	Tot	Pop
BANDI	120	46	28	194	1,600
LAGANA	196	32	24	252	1,550
MACHIKARAN	42	142	270	454	1,600
GUNDI / KAMALKOTE	36	24	52	112	2,000
BRIJALA / KAMALKOTE	101	98	91	290	300
BANDI / KAMALKOTE/URI	149	102	98	349	900
KHADNYAR / BARAMULLA	72	196	88	356	10,000
LADU/LADOORA/ROAMA	122	136	66	324	550
NOORKHAU/URI	96	144	112	352	3,000
KINARI / KAMALKOTE	26	46	43	115	200
MAIDIAN / KAMALKOTE/URI	32	64	84	180	600
GOWALAN/URI	132	144	136	412	2,000
SANGREAN / GOWOLAN	92	66	72	230	400
SULTAN DAKI / KAMALKOTE	58	132	206	396	3,000
SUKHDR / URI	32	56	118	206	350
SALAMABAD/URI	54	72	24	150	4,000
JABRAKAMALKOTE	32	48	36	116	250
SARAI / KAMALKOTE	38	64	102	204	500
CHOLANMEHURA	64	58	78	200	800
KAISAN / URI	34	32	40	106	200
ZAMBOR PATTAN / URI	20	64	184	268	2,000
DANISYDEEN	132	116	112	360	4,000
Total	1,680	1,882	2,064	5,626	39,800

The rising carpet of the first snows that drifted over the quake-hit villages since 29 Nov 2005 resulted in bringing Himalayan trek of the doctors to treat patients in affected villages to a halt. St. Joseph's hospital was snowbound and the evaluation team had to find an alternate method of reaching medical care to the snow bound villages.

During this period reports of worsening of respiratory infections combined with health hazards due to exposure to snow and cold were received. After exploring various options it was decided to reform the medical team with local doctors supported by health workers and porter/health attendants who are adapted to local winter conditions and skilled enough to climb through the snow to the affected villages.