Kupwara, Oct 26: Residents of Awathkul Meelyal in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district are facing enduring hardships due to the lack of adequate health care facilities.
Locals said that despite the passage of several decades, successive governments have failed to address their basic medical needs.
“Since we belong to a heavy snow-bound area, winters take a heavy toll on us whenever a medical emergency arises,” a local resident told Greater Kashmir.
“Due to limited public transport, most of the time we have to carry patients on makeshift stretchers to reach the nearest health centre at Kralpora, which is eight kilometers away from Awathkul,” another resident said.
He added that most residents belong to the labour class, and hiring private cabs during medical emergencies is a significant financial burden.
Residents demanded that a health centre be sanctioned at the earliest to provide relief to people who have been suffering for years. They appealed to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to personally look into the matter and address this long-pending demand.
