Srinagar, July 14 -- Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, Dr Mohd Jaffer Akhoon, called on the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, and submitted a comprehensive memorandum of demands concerning pressing public welfare issues faced by the people of Kargil district.

The memorandum highlighted several urgent concerns including the appointment of a Nodal Officer to assist patients from Kargil referred to SKIMS, GMC Jammu, and Srinagar. Dr Akhoon highlighted the difficulties that patients from Kargil face in accessing specialised medical treatment in hospitals outside the district, and requested that dedicated support systems be put in place to h...