Kupwara's Sochalyari village demands health centre upgradation

Kupwara, Jan 8: The residents of Sochalyari village in Ramhall area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district are craving for better health facilities so that the hardships being faced by them may end. The residents said that although a health centre was present in the village but lack of staff and other facilities was haunting them.

They said that only a single employee was posted here thus hampering the smooth functioning of the centre.

They said that since the health centre was functioning without a doctor, so for a small ailment they are forced to visit PHC Tarathpora by travelling over ten kilometres. The residents also alleged that the health centre was lacking free medicines.