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New Indian Express
26-05-2025
- Health
- New Indian Express
Doctors braved Pakistan shellings for service of villagers
RAJOURI: As the Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir bore the brunt of Pakistani troops' artillery shelling after 'Operation Sindoor' was launched on May 7, the doctors at two government hospitals in the twin border districts remained at the frontline, attending to patients having splinter injuries and trauma cases. 'It was a war-like situation,' said Dr Amarjeet Singh Bhatia, Principal of Government Medical College and Associated Hospital, Rajouri. 'There was fear all around as shells were landing close by. The shelling also took place in the area around the hospital and we could hear loud explosions in the hospital,' Dr Bhatia said. Immediately after the shelling started, an emergency was declared in the hospital and all doctors, para medics and other staff were alerted to be present in the hospital. 'None of us left the hospital for four days. We prepared the hospital basement for the staff and others, and everybody chipped in. The doctors did not follow roster duty but worked 24x7 during the four days of shelling and not a single doctor or paramedics left the hospital during those four days,' he said.
Khaleej Times
26-01-2025
- Health
- Khaleej Times
India probes mystery illness after 17 die: reports
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir were investigating a mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of 17 people, local media reports said on Saturday. The deaths, including those of 13 children, have occurred in the remote village of Badhaal in Jammu's Rajouri area since early December. The village was declared a containment zone earlier this week with around 230 people quarantined, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported. All of the fatalities had damage to the brain and nervous system, said Amarjeet Singh Bhatia, who heads Rajouri's government medical college. "The winter vacations have also been cancelled to deal with the medical alert situation," PTI quoted Bhatia as saying. The victims were members of three related families. The federal government has launched an investigation with health minister Jitendra Singh saying an initial probe suggested the deaths were "not due to any infection, virus or bacteria but rather a toxin". "There is a long series of toxins being tested. I believe a solution will be found soon. Additionally, if there was any mischief or malicious activity, that is also being investigated," PTI quoted Singh as saying. In a separate medical incident, authorities in the western city of Pune recorded at least 73 cases of a rare nerve disorder. Those infected with Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) include 26 women and 14 of the patients are on ventilator support, PTI quoted an official as saying. In GBS, a person's immune system attacks the peripheral nerves, according to the World Health Organisation. The syndrome can impact nerves that control muscle movement which may lead to muscle weakness, loss of sensation in the legs of arms and those infected can face trouble swallowing and breathing.
