"He wrapped the body in white cloth and broke down’
When Faizan Ahmed Poswal, 15, sustained bullet injuries in a gunfight between militants and government forces at Thumna village of Pulwama on Friday, he was rushed to District Hospital Pulwama but was declared brought dead by none other than the father Dr Abdul Gani Poswal, a medical officer at the hospital.
Dr Poswal was on duty when he received the body.
The emotions ran high in the hospital when Dr Poswal saw the body of the son but could not save him. He tried hard but it was all over leaving him no option but to declare him dead. He wrapped the body in white cloth and broke down. The doctors, nurses, medical officers all were crying." Funeral prayers were held inside hospital premises which were attended by entire hospital staff and local residents. Dr Poswal lived with his family at residential quarters in the town.
