Knowing H1N1
As H1N1 is emerging as the new cause of concern in Kashmir, Dr Rabbanie Tariq Wani offers a quick guide to the causes and...
An Itchy Discount
Post flood, sales in Srinagar and elsewhere saw huge turnout of shoppers looking for cheap bargains. But using flood-affected items ended up people queuing...
No Pain, Please!
In order to bypass labor pain and get quick results, a number of mothers voluntarily opt to go under the knife. But not always...
Brave Hearts of GB Panth Hospital
Amid fear, chaos and rising tempers, eleven doctors kept their nerves intact to save 300 infants admitted at GB Pant hospital during recent floods....
On duty!
When almost entire private and government health sector inundated by floods, doctors at SKIMS and JLNM Hospital kept the hopes afloat. Syed Asma reports
September 6,...
Back to Hakeem Days?
The decimation of Srinagar’s major private and public hospitals and a chain of diagnostic centres could push the society back by many decades if...
Is Your Medicine Fake?
With one out of five drugs fake in the market, it is the consumers who suffer. Qazi Zaid takes a look at the faulty...
“More than spurious drugs it is spurious injectables that cause instant death”
Fayaz Ahmed Azad, president J&K Chemist and Drug Association, tells Syed Asma that there is no way to check the quality of drugs in...
Dog Scare
With more than 90 thousand dogs in Srinagar city alone the battle for space has left many lives in perils. Faisal Shabir Bhat reports...
Out to Serve
With a huge number of Kashmiris still dependent on hospitals outside valley for specialized treatment, a young entrepreneur tries to fill the gap. Riyaz...
Stay Home
The allotment of four new government medical colleges to Jammu and Kashmir has raised hopes for the aspiring doctors, unable to pay hefty donations....
Surgeon Special
Seven years ago, when Dr Shakeel, a maxillofacial surgeon from Srinagar, started doing cleft surgeries, he was shocked by such high prevalence. Bilal Handoo...
A Silent Agony
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In the last 25 years of conflict psychological trauma and related diseases limited...
Half Steps
As world readies itself to bid goodbye to Polio for good, Safwat Zargar meets Shabir Ahmad Dagloo, who despite his handicap and penury, voluntarily...
Down With Disorder
The trend of late marriages has upset the genetic make-up of Kashmiris as prevalence of Down’s syndrome among new born has risen. Bilal Handoo...
