Srinagar, Aug 2: Thirty five year old Haneefa Wani of Kreeri Pattan is on life support system in SK Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura. She had received bullet on her chest during protests over the recent killings on Saturday.
 Doctors at SKIMS say that Haneefa’s spinal cord is damaged and she would remain paralysed for the rest of the life, if at all she survives. Haneefa lies down motionless on bed no. 14 of the Cardio Thoracic Surgery Department. She is not the only person who has to beg for death if she survives.
 There are many similar cases at SKIMS with bullet wounds on chest and head. Doctors here say there are nearly 25 persons admitted in the hospital, who have been fired at head and chest. “This is atrocious,” said a doctor frustrated by the terrible condition of the patients with bullet injuries.
 Of the 31 patients with the bullet injuries, admitted in SKIMS, 15 have been shot above the legs with 14 on head. Doctors termed the situation grave as most of the injured have been hit by bullets on head, chest or around abdomen.
 A senior doctor in SKIMS pleading anonymity termed the situation as outrageous. He said looking at the injured admitted here clearly depicts that the forces in the Valley are to kill the protesters not to quell them.
 He said most of the injured are ‘half dead’. Even after recuperating, they would be left physically handicapped, he said. Two youth - Iqbal Ahmad Khan of Chanapora and Bilal Ahmad of Pampore - have been hit by bullets on head and their condition is said to be critical. Both of them are admitted in SKIMS Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
 Pertinently, of the 31 trauma cases brought to SKIMS, four succumbed to injuries in the hospital. The deceased include Nazir Ahmad Mir and Javaid Ahmad Teli of Varmul, Shiekh Tariq Ahmad of Bijbehara, and 17 year old girl Afroza Wani of Khrew. They all were hit by bullets on head between July 30 and August 1 during protests.
 Doctors say there seems a design behind the firing upon the protesters. Forces are targeting protesting youth on very delicate organs and the pattern seems to be tragetting the lungs, liver, heart and head. Shabir Ahmad Rather of Amargarh Sopur, Mashooq Ahmad Khan and Mudassir Ahmad Malik of Pattan were shot on the chest by the forces. Unfortunately, several of them have either got damaged their lungs or liver, which are irreparable doctors said.
 14 year old, Ummar Farooq Lone of Kakapora Pulwama has been hit by bullet on right shoulder. Two other youth Aaqib Wani (15) of Pampore and Mian Irfan (14) of Pattan were hit on head while as a teenager Muhammad Iqbal Rather of Sangrama Sopur has got fire arm injury on his back. Doctors say being young they show good rate of recovery.
 A school going boy Akib Rather and 19 year old Mehraj-ud-Din Bhat of Sopur have been hit by bullets on head and thigh respectively. Though Mehraj has been shifted to Bone and Joints Hospital, Akib is lying on bed no. 16 of Observation ward.
 An elderly person of Islamabad, Muhammad Hussain Kablee has been hit on face. He has been admitted in Plastic Surgery Department and doctors termed his condition stable. Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, Malik Zubair and Asif Reyaz Mir of Pattan, Shiekh Ashiq Hussain and Akhter of Pulwama and Shayan Khan of Bemina Srinagar are other injured hit above abdomen. These victims of forces action have been admitted in SKIMS since July 30.

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