The internet shutdown in Kashmir may have led to the loss of several lives, doctors treating cardiac patients in remote villages of the newly-formed Union Territory have said. The #SaveHeart initiative, a WhatsApp group that functioned as a "virtual hospital" and was used by 1,200 doctors, has been defunct since August 5 - the date the centre suspended internet services and detained key political leaders in an attempt to quell protests against its decision on Article 370.