PAKISTAN NURSE FACES REGULAR DEMANDS OF TERRORIST BOMBING VICTIMS
January 1st, 2011
BY RAHIMULLAH YUSUFZAI
AFTER every bomb explosion in and around Peshawar city in northwestern Pakistan,an emergency is declared at the city's Lady Reading Hospital, named after the wife of a former Viceroy of India.
When this happens, Umia Begum and other nurses in this public hospital are put on standby - it is the destination of most victims of unrest in this strife-torn city.
"When I hear the news about another bomb explosion, all past scenes of the previous blasts come to my mind. I start thinking about the tasks that I would be doing once the injured ...
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