Mr. Nadda later tweeted: “We have sent a team of senior eye experts/specialists from the AIIMS to J&K to assist the State. As the number of protesters suffering eye injuries in Kashmir clashes touched hundred, the Health Ministry on Wednesday sent a three-member team of eye specialists from the AIIMS in New Delhi to Srinagar to assist the State government in treating the injured. Violent clashes have erupted in the Valley following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on Friday last. “Health Minister J.P. Nadda has directed a three-member high-level team of eye specialists from the AIIMS in New Delhi to be sent to Jammu and Kashmir to assist the State in providing medical care to the persons injured in the ongoing law and order problem,” an official statement said. The team has reached Srinagar.”Earlier in the day, Mr. Abdullah said it was time to reach out to the Valley with a healing touch and requested the Prime Minister to send specialist doctors to the Valley for treating the injured.

Source: The Hindu July 13, 2016 20:37 UTC