Srinagar, March 22 -- It was around 10:25 pm when the doctors at the maternity section in Sub District Hospital (SDH), Bhijbhera were operating upon a patient when suddenly the surgical headlights started blinking, wires fluttered and instruments around clinked. The lights went off for a moment. In the dark, while the firm ground trembled, the doctors didn't abandon their post and stood firm guided by the light of ethics and faith in human life and duty.

Dr. Shabeena Shah, who was the operating surgeon on duty, recalled that she along with an anesthetist, assistant anesthetist,and two nurses were performing the LSCS (Lower Segment Caesarean Section) on Tuesday night when the tremors shook the valley.

"We had performed two surgeries and ...