Jammu, Feb. 3 -- Suhail Rather Bandipora, Feb 3 (KNS): Patients at District Hospital Bandipora are bearing the brunt of harsh winter conditions due to the absence of proper heating arrangements in wards, forcing the use of blowers and gas-based heating gadgets that locals say are unsafe and inadequate. Patients and attendants said most wards lack central heating or functional heating systems, leaving them exposed to cold temperatures, particularly during nights. In several wards, a single gas heater or blower is being shared among multiple patients. "We are burning firewood and using a small gas heater inside the ward to keep the child warm. There is no other arrangement," said, Abdul Ahad Najar, an attendant of a patient. "It is risky, b...