A day after suggesting three-point plan to resolve tension in Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti visited a teenager, lost her vision to pellet injuries and is undergoing treatment at Delhi's AIIMS. "I met 16-yr-old Insha today at the hospital. When I saw her I was shocked. I asked her if she was angry with me. Her mother started crying," Ms Mufti said after meeting the girl. "I wondered where we went wrong. There was an encounter and then such a situation erupted."
While interacting with the doctors at Eye Centre at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ms Mufti requested them to make all possible efforts to restore the eyesight of the Kashmiri girl, according to a statement issued by her office. She assured the girl's parents that the state government would ensure best possible treatment for their daughter. "Even if she requires an eye transplant to make her see the world around again, the state government would provide full support for the same," she told the doctors.
More than 100 people have sustained eye injuries from pellets in the ongoing unrest in the Valley - some of the injured were children. But this was the first time the Chief Minister visited a patient with eye injuries at a hospital.
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