Healthcare as a Mission – Greater Kashmir

The Britishers, arguably left a decent health care delivery frame work when they left. Over the years, a lot of progress has been made in health services in Kashmir. In this connection, of late many new medical colleges in some districts of Kashmir province have come up. Prestigious Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences at Soura, now deemed university is already functioning dedicatedly from 1982 and providing excellent patient care service to the community. The womens exclusive hospital, Lalded, is getting hundreds of new admission on daily basis. Children's hospital at Sonwar Srinagar, is offering excellent patients care. Government psychiatric hospital housed in barracks of the central jail Srinagar at Botraj colony, Badamwari, Srinagar, is doing commendable job for treating mentally sick patients. Doctors at Bone & Joint hospital, Barzalla, Srinagar are operating and treating patients with bullet and spinal injuries, day in and day out. There are so many other colleges that have come up in both private and public sector, like Government Dental College at Shereen Bagh, Kaksari, Srinagar that was established in the year 1985-86. Two government recognized colleges of Indian system of medicine are offering five year courses to students wanting to pursue alternative medicine. A nursing college and few paramedical colleges have also come up. There is no doubt that we still have a long way to go before we can assure quality health to our people.

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Healthcare as a Mission - Greater Kashmir