Domestic Violence in Kashmir, Eleven severely burnt women battle for their lives

The burn ward of SMHS Hospital here symbolizes the increasing domestic violence in Kashmir as 11 severely burnt women battle for their lives. The space and resource-constrained ward struggles to cater to the load of such patients coming from all districts of Kashmir and even from Jammu, as the state government sits on the sanctioned Rs 4 Cr project under National Burn Prevention Programme of Government of India. As soon as one enters the ward, the smell of burnt flesh coupled with the swollen, disfigured bodies of women who must…

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