By Amaar Mir

Labour rooms are meant to be safe spaces. It’s where women go through some of the hardest hours of their lives. They trust doctors and nurses to care not just for their bodies, but their dignity too.

At LD Hospital in Srinagar, that trust was broken.

Videos of women in their most vulnerable moments were posted on social media by some medicos, as if they were part of a reality show.

Beyond thoughtless behaviour, this is a deep, deliberate violation. It shows how far some have drifted from the values that medicine is supposed to uphold.

Kashmir’s healthcare system is already under pressure, and for many rural women, overcrowded public hospitals are their only hope.

At LD Hospital, one of the valley’s busiest maternity centers, thousands give birth each year. For most, especially those with limited means, there’s simply nowhere else to go.

But what should have been a safe medical........

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