LEH: Like the streets of Leh, calm has returned to Sonam Norboo Memorial Hospital in Leh. There is no chaos, no rush. The hospital is clean. Doctors, paramedics and attendants walk around wearing masks. Police, however, guard the premises, like they do on the roads outside. Outside one hospital ward, several cops block entry. “There are seven injured in the ward. They are accused of being involved in the Sept 24 violence. They are in custody but being treated here. Only their relatives are allowed to meet them,” a policeman said. In the ICU, a 19-year-old with bullet wounds in both thighs was admitted on Sept 24 -- the day protests erupted in Leh over demands for Sixth Schedule protections and statehood. His family said he was walking along the road when violent protests broke out and
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