11/03/2026
A Valley that fears cancer but feeds its cause
Every morning, hospital corridors across Kashmir begin to fill long before the outpatient counters open. Patients arrive carrying files thick with reports collected over months, sometimes years. Some have travelled since dawn from distant villages. Others are preparing themselves mentally for yet another journey to Srinagar for a radiotherapy session or a PET scan. A few sit quietly on wooden benches, waiting for biopsy results that may divide their lives into a “before” and an “after.”...
Every morning, hospital corridors across Kashmir begin to fill long before the outpatient counters open. Patients arrive carrying files thick with reports collected over months, sometimes years. So…
