Melamchi , Nepal ( CNN ) Even from high above , flying in an Indian Air Force helicopter , it is easy to see that the people of Melamchi , central Nepal , are happy to see us . Residents in this remote village , about a 44km drive from Nepal 's capital , Kathmandu , stand on the distinctive steeply terraced hillsides and wave furiously as the relief flight passes overhead . The mission , a joint effort between Indian air crew and a Nepalese army medical team , is only the third operation of its kind to reach the village since Saturday 's massive 7.8-magnitude quake , which left more than 5,000 people dead . The aircraft is stuffed to capacity with tents , medicines and packages of tinned tuna , instant noodles and rice , all bundled haphazardly aboard the Mi-17 by soldiers at the air base in Kathmandu barely 15 minutes earlier . Local official Upendra Tamang is there to greet the helicopter as it touches down on a field in front of the village medical clinic , and waiting soldiers swing into action to unload the delivery . He says people have been desperately awaiting the supplies . The situation in Melamchi and the surrounding villages is `` dire , '' he tells CNN through a translator . According to Nepal 's National Emergency Operation Center , 1,376 people were killed in Sindhupalchok District , where Melamchi is located , when the earthquake hit . Some 18,000 houses were destroyed and 100,000 people have been displaced in the surrounding area , says Tamang . `` Everyone is sleeping outside , '' he says . He has serious concerns about food supplies in the region , saying the piled boxes of rice and noodles are n't nearly enough to meet the needs of local people . `` Aid agencies need to do something very quickly , '' he says . In the days since the quake , injured people from the region have been told to find their way to Melamchi so they can be picked up by the relief flights , he says . They 've sent about 500 of the most seriously injured people for treatment in Kathmandu already -- the majority by road -- but many more are stuck in a local clinic waiting for help . Seven of them , five women and two men , are suddenly driven onto the airfield in a truck and on the back of a pickup . Their injuries are not life-threatening , but they look to be in a bad state : bloodied , exhausted and traumatized . An elderly woman 's face is covered in bandages that look like they have n't been changed in days . Another cries in pain as she is loaded on to a stretcher from the back of the pickup , then awkwardly hoisted on to the helicopter . Among the injured brought on board the flight is Forshani Tamang , accompanied by her son . He tells CNN their family lives in a village called Bachunde , where nearly all the houses were destroyed . He and other family members carried Forshani for four hours to reach Melamchi . With their home destroyed and their stores of grain lost , the family are in crisis . As the helicopter takes off for the capital , flying over a landscape dotted with collapsed buildings and bright orange tents , Nepalese army doctor Naveen Tiwari offers perhaps the only positive for those on board . The patients ' injuries are mostly lacerations of varying degrees , he says . Their vital signs are all stable , and with antibiotics and intravenous drips , they should recover . When the helicopter touches down at Kathmandu airbase , the patients are swiftly unloaded and unceremoniously laid out on the tarmac in the emergency triage area in front of an aircraft hangar , and paramedics scramble to administer IV drips to those in need . As Forshani 's son feeds her a cracker softened with water , the relief team turn to prepare for another mission . How you can help victims of the Nepal earthquakeNepal earthquake 's victims overwhelm hospitals .
Indian Air Force and Nepalese Army medical team launch rescue mission to bring injured people to hospitals in Kathmandu . Forshani Tamang 's family carried her for four hours to reach help after she was wounded when their home was destroyed .