Mired Minds
The situation that emerged on August 5 has started taking a toll on the population’s mind-space. Sharing information reluctantly, psychiatrists believe the real load...
Rodents And Obstetrics
As South Kashmir’s main maternity hospital operates from a rundown building, the mothers and the new born have to co-exist with rodents along with...
The Golden Card People
Despite the internet blockade, Jammu and Kashmir has utilized the golden card under Ayushman Bharat scheme to the best possible level: 11000 procedures for...
A Model Wasted
Deep down south, the government invested heavily in creating a model health centre. As it is waiting for inauguration, part of the precious equipment...
Hit Hard
Without phones, internet and transport, thousands of seriously ailing patients were the silent sufferers of the post-August lockdown, reports Aaqib Hyder
When Sara Begum, 58,...
Dangerous Delay
A respected religious leader wanted to build a maternity hospital in Anantnag. After spending Rs 2.86 crore on a huge building, the Trust founder...
Surviving The Heroin Crush
After almost nine quiet deaths in north Kashmir, there are scores literally fighting for life as they have spent millions in managing their Heroin-thirst....
Controlled AIDS
For the stigma attached to the disease, the trend of people showing up for HIV tests is uncommon in Kashmir. The data available also...
Science Behind Ramadan Fasting
by Dr Zeenat Farooq
Apart from the spiritual experience that a person undergoes during Ramadan fasting, there are tremendous scientific benefits of the month-long fasting....
Body Beautiful
Gone are the days when the girls were under pressure to look good. The social media has pushed men to the same trap and...
Vitamin D Story
by Zeenat Farooq
Vitamin D or the sunshine vitamin is a vitamin sub-type under the class of Fat-Soluble Vitamins. It is a complex poly-hydroxy sterol...
The Killer Heroin
Gone are the days when Heroin was just passing through Kashmir. Now its use is gradually overtaking other drugs and the economically well-off are...
Kashmir’s Organ Donors
When a Sikh girl from Udhampur heard her Muslim friend from Rajouri, admitted in SKIMS, requires a kidney, she took moments to offer one....
Make Your Skin Glow
Skin is fundamental for looking attractive. Dr Zeenat Farooq identifies factors that accelerate the skin ageing
Looking attractive is something fundamental. A healthy and young...
Understanding Chilblains
by Azra Hussain
Chilblains often confused with frostbite and trench foot is an ailment which occurs when skin is exposed to cold air and then...
