New Motherhood
Kashmir is witnessing almost half of the new births having a surgical intervention, a new trend that defies logic and tradition besides exhibiting complete...
A Pet Market
In tense Kashmir’s new melancholy, pet raring has emerged as a new therapy and it has started triggering a niche business in an otherwise...
A Ticking Bomb
Not every sudden death could be attributed to heart failure as drug overdose deaths are taking place silently and at an alarming pace. Khalid...
Virtual Costs
As Covid19 pushed the world towards the tiny phone screens, it has started severely impacting the new generation. Zakia Qurashi talks to experts to...
Here’s How a Health Insurance Calculator Can Help You Plan Better
Just getting health insurance isn’t enough, you also need to ensure that you have an adequate cover so that in case someone from your...
Omicron Fears
In anticipation of a possible surge triggered by Covid19’s Omicron variant, Minhaj Masoodi evaluates the state and status of the infection management in Kashmir...
The Kangri Cancer
Not in so distant past, most of Kashmir lacked resources to even have adequate garments in winters. Kangri, the fire pot was the only...
Kashmir’s Plague Story
Plague like many other epidemics got imported into Kashmir. A Mitra, Kashmir’s erstwhile Chief Medical Officer of Kashmir treated the plague-infected and tackled the...
The Kashmir Typhus
Poverty and ignorance were the outcome of Kashmir’s protracted slavery. Sometimes, the poor hygienic conditions would breed epidemics, killing hundreds. In this 1945 write-up, Dr...
Disquiet In Medical Schools
With authorities opening a section of graduate and half of the postgraduate medical education berths to an All India Quota, most of the medical...
Wrecked Families
Behind the desperation at the official and societal level for halting the spread of Covid19 and deny any space to the third wave, are...
Challenging Jobs
Scanning human bodies for abnormal growth in various organs and subsequently treating them with radioactive substances is a job that pushes medical professionals to...
Offering Blood
Shocked by the death of an infant for not getting blood donation in time, a school teacher created an informal network of blood donors...
Steroid Bodies
The desperation for a good-looking body and better performance in sporting activities and enduring physical exercises is pushing a generation to the use of...
‘Three ASHAs Who Died During Covid19 Were Compensated Adequately’
In the virtual interview, the National Health Mission Director, Choudhary Mohammad Yasin, tells Tahir Bhat that Jammu and Kashmir spends more than Rs 2500...
