Cashmere’s Carcinogens
Two latest medical pieces of research have held the prevalence of smoking and salted tea as the main factors for the increased prevalence of...
Dial For Health
Next time you wish to see a doctor in Srinagar just dial EAO’s free helpline and it will be done. Started with an aim...
Between Death
With government busy in trading rhetoric a village in South Kashmir is forced to choose between death and slow death. Suhail A Shah reports...
Canine Casualties
Despite official claim of reducing dog population to half in just two years canines are on the loose and stronger than ever. Syed Asma...
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....
