Jammu, July 6 -- Even after more than 77 years of Independence, Jammu and Kashmir continues to grapple with the unfulfilled promise of a robust healthcare system-especially in the domain of critical and emergency medical services. It is both alarming and disheartening that for life-saving surgeries such as neurosurgery, cardiac interventions, and trauma care, residents of J&K are still compelled to seek treatment outside the Union Territory, often in Punjab, Delhi, or Mumbai. This harsh reality lays bare the chronic neglect of the region's health infrastructure by successive governments-both at the state and central levels.
Notably, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jammu, has recently begun offering neurosurgical operat...