Docs serving at Kashmir’s busiest maternity hospital a troubled lot

Lalla Ded Hospital staff seek psychiatric help and counseling to cope with pressure When Dr Sahrain Bhat (name changed) was examining a patient at Lalla Ded Hospital, the Valley’s major maternity centre, she received a kick on her abdomen. The doctor, who was 10 weeks pregnant, rushed downstairs in pain to get her own ultrasound done. Though everything was fine, doctors in the hospital are often on the receiving end of the attendant’s fury. The stress of work only adds to their miseries. The 500-bed hospital receives around 700-800 patients…

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