Medical Issues in Kashmir
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Trying to deal with and adapt to the never ending violence brought about new forms of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and nervous collapse. Women would become maniacal, pushing themselves physically and mentally beyond any normal limits to the point of completely breaking down. They would overextend themselves so much so that their nervous systems would short circuit leaving them in a state of utter hysteria or complete silence. Men would react in the absolute opposite extreme; they became lethargic and comatose, becoming incapable of the most basic human functionality, leaving the women of the family to look after them. The war that these people had found themselves in the middle of was spreading madness in every corner, especially medical institutions. The psychiatric wards of the majority of hospitals had become more like asylums than anything else, places of human degradation and waste rather than places of healing. There were even brand new forms of nervous failure introduced by the extremities of war that had never been heard of before. For example, nerve endings would overwork and destroy themselves due to the constant messages being sent across the synapses, resulting in an extreme and uncomfortable itching.
The conflict also caused severe issues in the medical field and the maintenance of hospitals. The practice of self-medication became an evident problem once the violence began. People had far too much knowledge and access to prescription drugs for their own good. Order in hospitals dropped exponentially, no one would listen to the rules that governed these institutions anymore. Doctor Pamela Bhagat described the hospital she was working at to a bazaar; people entering and leaving at their own will, completely disregarding the wishes of the staff.
The conflict also caused severe issues in the medical field and the maintenance of hospitals. The practice of self-medication became an evident problem once the violence began. People had far too much knowledge and access to prescription drugs for their own good. Order in hospitals dropped exponentially, no one would listen to the rules that governed these institutions anymore. Doctor Pamela Bhagat described the hospital she was working at to a bazaar; people entering and leaving at their own will, completely disregarding the wishes of the staff.