2 teenagers, lying side-by-side, may never walk again

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Kashmir: 2 tenagers, lying side-by-side, may never walk again

2 teenagers, lying side-by-side, may never walk again

Abid suffers brain injury due to pellets, Shakir has cervical injury

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Lying side-by-side and subconscious in Observation Ward of the SK Institute of Medical Sciences here, Shakir Ahmad Ganie (17) and Abid Ahmad Bhat (16) may never be able to walk again. While Shakir has suffered cervical injury, Abid has pellets perforated in his head, injuring his brain, according to doctors.
Abid, a class 10th student hailing from Kulipora Kulgam, is lying subconscious with eyes open but is unable to talk. He makes frantic efforts to convey his pain, but the injury is so grievous that he is not able to do so.

His brother Firdous said the government forces fired pellets at Abid, targeting his head from a close-range. The pellets caused severe damage to his head and fractured his outer head skeleton, Firdous told Greater Kashmir.
40 pellets were removed from his head after undergoing two surgeriesone at district hospital Anantnag and another at SKIMS, he said. We are worried about his health.
A medico attending to Abid said: He has been hit by pellets in his head which have caused injury to his brain on its right side. Its difficult to remove pellets from his head.

He is presently able to move his head and legs and we are monitoring his situation. But there is a bleak chance that he would be able to walk again, the doctor said, adding: There is a blood clot in his head due to injuries to his brain by pellets.
The doctors said they are focusing on extracting the clotted blood which is causing him severe pain.
Barely a meter away from Abid is another teenager, Shakir Ahmad Ganie (17)a Class 11th student from Dooru Shahbad who is lying subconscious. His family said he was picked up by forces and beaten ruthlessly, causing severe injuries on the back side of his neck.

He was picked up and then we dont know what had happened to him, said his elder brother, Tariq Ahmad, who was attending to him.
Then at midnight, we received a call from some volunteers about his injury. When we reached the district hospital, his condition was critical. We could not control our emotions. He had been mercilessly beaten and his neck was badly damaged, he said, adding: Shakir was part of peaceful protest when forces caught hold of him.
Meanwhile, a medico attending to Shakir said he has C1 fracture, his cervical cord has been compressed by the assault.

His many bones are broken and one or two of these are fractured, he said.
We are monitoring his situation but his chances of full recovery are very bleak, he said.

Shakir is youngest among three siblings.

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[h=1]Shopian woman loses part of kidney, spleen to bullet[/h]

GK Photo“My name was written on this bullet. It had to hit me.” These are the remarks of 35-year-old Parveena, a young woman from south Kashmir’s Shopian district, who is admitted at the Intensive Care Unit of SMHS hospital here. With number of wires and pipes connected to her—apart from visibly facing difficulty in breathing—Parveena is still full of life.

A part of her kidney and spleen have been removed, her medical file reads. “Bullet had damaged her spleen and kidney. We had to do some conservative procedures,” doctors treating her said. They said her condition is stable.

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Parveena, wife of an agricultural laborer, was in her fields when a stray bullet hit her on the evening of 30th July 2016. “I was a kilometer away from where the firing took place,” she says.

She had hired a labourer for the day and in spite of hearing the gunshots, remained stationed in her vegetable garden where the bullet hit her abdomen. “Farming cannot wait till the situation gets better,” she says, almost with a smile.

A woman who identified herself as sister of Parveena said it was difficult for the farming community to attend to their fields amid curfew. “We feel terrified while venturing into the fields with so many security men around. But then we have to go to the fields,” she said.

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“In a way I am thankful to God that bullet hit me, not the laborer I had hired,” Parveena says. “How could I have answered his family?”

Parveena is one among 61 people who have (or are being) been treated for bullet injuries at this General Specialty Hospital for the past 24 days.

Doctors expressed concern over the rising toll of civilians falling victims to firearm injuries. “We have seen many women receive grave pellet and bullet injuries in these few weeks; many children too,” doctors at SMHS Hospital said.

Hospital records reveal that in the past three days, 151 people with injuries due to firearms or beatings have been admitted at SMHS Hospital.

In the past 24 hours alone, 34 injured were brought to this hospital for treatment, 26 of whom had pellet injuries in various parts of body, including eyes.

Records also reveal that 69 cases of beating, allegedly by security forces, were treated at the hospital in the past 24 days.

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Father of 3 minors battles for life at SKIMS

Kokernag man has severe brain trauma, multiple bone fracture in head, face; Condition ver



Outside the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of the SK Institute of Medical Sciences here, Naseema Bano inquiries about the condition of her husband Muhammad Ashraf from every person coming out from the critical-care Ward.

How is his condition now? Does he talk, Naseema asks a doctor near the Ward.
40-year old Ashraf, according to doctors, was hit by a teargas shell in his head on Monday evening and is battling for his life. He has suffered brain trauma and multiple fractures in his face and head.

Lying flat on Bed No 12 inside the ICU, Ashraf is motionless; his face and head swollen. He has deep contusions in brain. The impact has badly damaged his skull resulting in multiple fractures and extensive damage to brain, said a doctor who attended to him. We are keeping a watch on him but his condition is very critical.

Hit in the right side of his head, Ashrafs right eye is also injured, in addition to multiple fractures on his face.
Connected to vital-signs monitor which beeps regularly indicates that Ashrafs heart is functioning, except that there is no sign of life in him, the doctor said.

A cable operator by profession, Ashraf, according to his brother Javaid, had gone out to repair a cable line in nearby Bidder village when he was hit.

There were protests in the village but he (Ashraf) wasnt part of those protests. I dont know how a teargas shell hit him. All I know is that he had gone to repair a cable in that area, Javaid said, trying hard not to break down.

Ashrafs three minor childrenoldest being 10 year old sonare too small to understand the tragedy that has befallen them. They are just waiting for their father to return home.

Naseema laments that she had no clue that her husband was hurt so grievously till late evening. I was giving fodder to cow. No one told me about him, she says.

A neighbor late in the evening broke the sad news to the family. The news broke my back, she says, and sits down on the hospital corridor floor.

Having undergone a brain surgery, doctors say Ashraf has not improved much. He is intubated. His injuries are massive, they say.

Another injured from Qazigund, Shakir Ahmed Shah, is out-of-danger, according to doctors.

Pellets had hit him just near the artery in neck. He has been very lucky, they said. Apart from neck, Shakir had also received pellets in back side of his head but these had not penetrated deep.

At SKIMS, over 160 injured have been admitted till date, with about 30 of them with bullet injuries. Five deaths have taken place at this hospital in the past 25 days.

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[h=1]PELLET PLIGHT: Married for 3 months, Shopian youth may never see again[/h]Has perforation in both eyes, extent of injury is too bad, say doctors

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On a bed in Ophthalmology Ward of general specialty SMHS hospital here, Shahnawaz struggles to locate his black glasses as he moves his hands around anxiously.

After the initial struggle, the 25-year-old youth asks for help. Is anybody around? Help me locate my glasses, he murmurs as an attendant nearby puts the glasses on his eyes.

The youth heaves a deep sigh and leans back to take rest while holding his face in both hands.
Till past Friday, Shahnawaz, who is married for three months, was planning for his new life ahead. But today the dark future stares at him, like hundreds of Kashmiri youth who have become victims of lethal pellets during the ongoing protests in Kashmir after the July 8 killing of militant commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani.

His dreams have been shattered, says Shahnawazs younger brother, Farooq Ahmad.

A senior doctor said Shahnawazs both eyes have perforation. There are no chances of him regaining his vision in left eye. We might be able to save some vision in his right eye, says the doctor.
A chef by profession, Shahnawaz is aware about the extent of injuries he has suffered in both eyes.
Allah raham karayga! We all have faith in Him, he speaks in a soft tone as he talks about his married life.

While his 22-year-old wife knows about the tragedy, Shahnawaz says he hasnt spoken to her for all these days.

How can I explain this to her? She is just 22 years old, sighs Shahnawaz, who, according to his brother, also lead prayers at a mosque in his village.

To a question how he got injured, Shahnawaz recalls he was part of peaceful protest that was held in his village after Friday prayers when forces chased away the protesting youth.

Then they fired pellets at us. Many of us received pellet injuries, he says.

In the past 24 days, the SMHS has admitted 260 persons with pellet injuries in one or both eyes. Of these, 150 have injuries to their retinain one or both eyes.

So far we have performed vitrectomies (retina surgeries) of more than 80 persons, says a doctor at Ophthalmology Department.

Shahnawaz, like scores of pellet victims, is anxiously waiting for his turn to get operated upon in the eyes.



I am not able to see anything. It is all dark around, sighs Shahnawaz, as he pulls up a blanket over his head to take rest.

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i hope these people are not among those throwing stones