Government spokesperson Rohit Kansal said broadband connectivity to hospitals and schools and SMS services — to 40 lakh postpaid mobiles — were being restored from midnight. Kargil, part of the newly created Union Territory of Ladakh, got back mobile Internet services last week after a gap of 145 days but the facility was not restored in the Jammu or Kashmir region. Things eased as phone lines were restored but the absence of Internet continued to be a big handicap,” he said. “Our volunteers (doctors) in hospitals across Jammu and Kashmir can now access the Internet at their hospitals and send us reports.”A team of doctors in Srinagar had started the SHK initiative in November 2017 to improve cardiac care in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, including Ladakh. Since then, around 1,200 doctors working in 130 hospitals across the state have become part of the initiative.

Source: The Telegraph December 31, 2019 21:00 UTC