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Health

This section is a detailed listing of the various facets of staying healthy in Jammu and Kashmir. It has copies about the diseases, research, practitioners, the infrastructure and the economics of it. Exceptional individuals and institutions are profiled also.

Daredevil Drive

He drove 3 kms with 300 pellets in his arm to reach the hospital. Once his wounds healed nightmares followed. Heena Muzzafar tells this...

Hyperlipidemia — Cholesterol might not always be bad

By: Zeenat Farooq Hyperlipidemia is an elevation of one or more fat proteins in the blood. It is commonly referred to as high cholesterol. One-third...

Do I really need Fiber?

By: Nahid Khilji   Fiber is all that you have been hearing these days on TV commercials. Dietary fiber is found in cereals, pulses, fruits and...

Ten wonder foods

By: Nahid Khilji 1) Yoghurt - It is probiotic in nature. Yoghurt has friendly bacteria which strengthens our digestive system. Apart from this, it also...

Near Death Experience

by Tariq A Rather It started with swelling in my left leg calf muscle area around first week of September, 2016. I showed it to my...

What We Saw

Overwhelmed by the number of injured and dead arriving at the hospitals since July 9, young interns struggled to cope up with the stress...

Helping Hands

A part of the pellet crisis was managed by doctors who flew from outside Kashmir. But there are many cases where victims were taken...

Understanding Suicide Trend In South Kashmir

A development practitioner, Omar Hafiz, conducted extensive research in South Kashmir to understand the mental health issues for the Mental Health Organization Healing Kashmir....

Bond and Bones

Clashes and counter-clashes that gripped valley after Burhan Wani’s killing on July 8 have left a trail of withering agony behind. A Sangam boy...

Refer to SKIMS

As health emergency in Kashmir sent huge wound load to SKIMS, a 24/7 demanding health services freaked medics amid mounting assaults. Almost 40 days...

Darkest Days

By: Shams Irfan The small lobby outside causality ward of Srinagar’s SMHS hospital is filled with anxious looking faces. With each arrival of ambulance, ferrying bullet...

In Line Of Fire

With more than a hundred ambulances damaged in last three weeks, ferrying injured to the hospitals is getting risky for drivers. Ubeer Naqushbandi reports  A...

No Empathy For Injured

by Masood Hussain “After I regained consciousness many hours after the operation was over, I was told that the police officer let the ambulance go...

Care @ Doorstep

Pained by the sufferings of patients in Kashmir a young hospitality graduate quit his job to introduce care at door-step.  Heena Muzzafar reports In 2015,...

Emergency 24X7

Every time Kashmir streets turn into battlefields, hospitals struggled to manage the outcome. Working round the clock medical staff struggled to save the lives...